A Short History of Modern Greece : 1821–1940

First published in 1941, A Short History of Modern Greece, 1821–1940 provides an account of Modern Greece spanning more than a century.The book is divided into three parts. Part one traces the birth and early struggles of the Greek Kingdom through 1914.Part two examines Greece’s experience during World War I (1914–18).Part three covers the period from the 1919 Armistice to the Italian invasion of Greece in October 1940.A final chapter presents personal impressions of the modern Greek people.This work will appeal to students and researchers of history, as well as general readers interested in the subject.