Historical Dictionary of Modern Greece

Modern Greece has been a client state, first of Britain and then of the United States, for much of its existence, but now it has secured an equal place in NATO and the EU. In this historical dictionary, Keridis (international politics, University of Macedonia, Greece) seeks to re-establish Greeks and their state as subjects with agency rather than objects or victims of history. Cross-referenced alphabetical entries give details on significant leaders, soldiers, politicians, writers, and musicians, as well as major historical events, political institutions and parties, and economic, social, and cultural aspects. While focus is on the modern era, some entries look back to ancient Greece and the Byzantine Empire. The reference includes b&w maps, a 10-page chronology from ancient times to the present, a list of acronyms and abbreviations, and appendices of leaders, basic data, economic statistics. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Dimitris Keridis is associate professor of international politics at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, Greece. He served as the founding director of the Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe at Harvard University and as the Karamanlis Associate Professor in Hellenic and Southeast European Studies at the Fletcher School, Tufts University.