Popular Autocracy in Greece, 1936-1941 - A Political Biography of General Ioannis Metaxas

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THE ANGLO-HELLENIC review - Autumn 1998

"Professor Vatikiotis" closely researched study of Metaxas seems likely to become the standard work on this highly controversial personality in Greek politics.

The Hellenic Journal - USA

"Drawing heavily on origional Greek sources, the book makes extensive use of Metaxas" diary, his correspondence, and the evidence of his close friends. As a result of his wartime leadership of the resistance, the author concludes, Metaxas must enter Greek history as a respected if unloved figure."

CHOICE - Sept 1998 - reviewed By EN Borza - Penn State University

"The book is a sensitive, balanced insight into the 20th-century social and political forces that have confused most foreigners and even a few Greeks."

The Spectator, 4/4/98

"Professor Vatikiotis ... was an original perceptive, witty and often unorthodox interpreter of the political history of modern Greece. This last work on Greece as a "popular autocracy" is no exception.

About the author

Vatikiotis, P.J.

Summary

This is a political biography of General Ioannis Metaxas, who assumed dictatorial power in Greece in 1936 and oversaw the resistance to the Italian invasion in World War II.

Product details

• Authors: P J Vatikiotis
• Assisted by: P J Vatikiotis (Editor), P.J. Vatikiotis (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1998
• EAN: 9780714644455
• ISBN: 978-0-7146-4445-5
• No. of pages: 244
• Weight: 450 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, Biography: historical, political and military, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General