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Diamandouros, Nikiforos P, Anton, John P, Petropoulos, John A & Topping, Peter [eds]
Hellenism and the first Greek war of liberation (1821-1830) : continuity and change
[Series - Institute for Balkan studies, 156 on behalf of the Modern Greek Studies Association of the United States and Canada.] A collection of 9 scholarly essays on various aspects of the Greek War of Independence based on the papers read at the Symposium of the Modern Greek Studies Association held 7-9th May at Harvard University. Introduction by John Petropoulos, Bibliographic essay by Nikiforos Diamandouros. 237p. index.A Book
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Thomas, Donald
Cochrane : Britannia's Last Sea-king
, indexThe controversial Thomas Cochrane, known to many as the "Sea Wolf", is second only to Nelson himself among the heroes and legends of the Royal Navy. Renowned for his daring, skill, and enterprise, Cochrane was much revered by his men and, remarkably enough, later went on to command ships in the navies of Chile, Brazil, Peru, and Greece, providing outstanding leadership in their struggles for freedom. As a Radical Member of Parliament and a staunch supporter of reform in its darkest hour, Cochrane stood on principle rather than on practicality and constantly found himself at the center of political firestorms.383p.+ plates, maps, bibliography, index Book
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Braddock, Joseph
The Greek Phoenix
".begins with the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 and ends with the Greek War of Independence" 233p+plates, maps, bibliography. index. Crisp tight copy. The previous reader refrained from marking the text with notes, using the end papers instead so the book remains a " good" neat read ! Book
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Howe, S. G. [Samuel Gridley] Arnakis, George Georgiades [ed]
An historical sketch of the Greek Revolution. Part I - Books I-IV. Revised edition with introduction and notes by George Georgiades Arnakis
Based on the original "An historical sketch of the Greek Revolution" New York, White Gallagher & White 1828. Revised with introduction and notes by George Georgiades Arnakis. 251p. illus.maps Book
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Bradley,Marion Zimmer
The Firebrand
"Blending archaeological facts and the myths of gods and heroes. Reinventing for us Achilles,Aeneas,Hector, Patroclus, Helen of Troy Odysseus,Agamenmnon,Menelaus as living people engaged in a desperate struggle that dooms both the victors and vanquished. Their fate seen through the eyes of Kassandra, priestess, princess and passionate woman with the spirit of a warrior." 603p. Book
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Thomas, W.B [Sandy]
Dare to be Free
"The odyssey of a young lion-hearted New Zealander is told with modesty and humour. Captured in Crete, the author, after a number of bold attempts to gain his liberty, finally succeeded in making a fantastic escape which involved hiding for many months among the Monasteries on Mount Athos before reaching Turkey and freedom." 235p. maps. Book
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St.John,Robert
From the Land of the Silent People.
Moving account by an American journalist who was an eye-witness to the suffering of the ordinary people and the devastation caused in the Balkans and Greece by the German invasion in 1941. (X2) 353p. Maps on end papers. Donor inscription, else near fine. Book
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Baker, George [Edward]
Paris of Troy [Fidus Achates}
Originally published in England as "Fidus Achatesi" This tale of love and passion, battle and heroism is told by Achates, and is more the tale of his own unrequited love for Oenone and her adoration of Paris, than it is of Helen. 208p. Neat tight copy Book
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Atherton, Gertrude [
The Jealous Gods : A Processinal Novel of the Fifth Century BC (Concerning One Alcibiades)
Fictional biography of Alcibiades (this novel is a kind of sequel to her previous book "Immortal Marriage" which dealt with Pericles and Aspasia of Miletus ) 452p. Neat, tight unmarked copy Book
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Bailey, Hilary
Cassandra
Re-imagined story of the Trojan War from the point of view of Kassandra, the beautiful and tormented royal princess of Troy. "Legend has it that Cassandra died at the hands of Clytemnestra after the death of Agamemnon, but in this story Cassandra escapes and, in turn, writes her own history of the fall of Troy." 325p.. Book
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Leggett,Eric
The Corfu Incident
Account of the incidents off Corfu in 1946 when ships of the Royal Navy were sunk by mines laid by the Albanians. Book
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Pack, S.W.C.
The Battle of Matapan
Description of the encounter in 1941 between the Royal Navy and the Italian Fleet off Cape Matapan, Greece during WW II. "In March 1941 Britain faced the Axis powers alone. Her army was still in disarray after Dunkerque, her fleet was stretched to the uttermost. It was in this context that, 100 miles off Cape Matapan in Greece, there was fought an action in which the Italian fleet was so signally defeated that it never voluntarily offered battle again so long as the war lasted. The engagement, the first major fleet action since Jutland a quarter of a century earlier, was of historical significance for two reasons; it was the first time carrier-borne aircraft had played a vital role, and the first time that the use of radar was of preponderant importance in a large-scale fleet action. Here is an account of Matapan which, illustrated by unfamiliar action photographs, will satisfy the expert no less than it will engross the general reader." 183p. plates.index Book
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McNeill,William Hardy
Greece: American aid in action, 1947-1956
An account of the American aid sent under the Marshall Plan for the reconstruction of Greece after the total destruction of the economy and infrastructure caused by the German and Italian invasions, the Nazi occupation, and the Civil War that followed. 240p. plates, statistical tables.Maps on end papers. Spine slightly sun-faded, else near fine. Book
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Marcantonatos, L.G. [Leon G. Marcantonatos
A Athens Pendant La Guerre : Journal D'un Temoin (Octobre 1940-Avril 1941)
Diary of important events in Athens from the invasion of Greece by the Italians in October 1940 to the arrival of Nazi German forces in spring 1941. 234p. Crisp copy, paper age toned, else fas new Book
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Lincoln, John [Cardiff, Maurice]
Achilles and the Tortoise. An Eastern Aegean Exploit.
The author's experiences in the Aegean islands during World war II, especially his encounters with "Achilles" a guerilla leader on the island of Samos.[ John Lincoln was the pseudonym of Maurice Cardiff who worked at the British Council in Athens.] 256p. maps on end papers Book
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Hetherington, John
Air-Borne Invasion : The Story of the Battle of Crete
This Australian journalist was a War Correspondent whose despatches were published in the Times and the and the Guardian. This book uses includes first hand accounts from some of the Australian and NZ troops who fought in Crete against the German paratroopers who invaded the island. xvi,152p. plates map.Neat clean copy but with sun-faded slightly scuffed spine, ffep missing. Book
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Hughes, Hilda (ed)
The Glory That is Greece
A wide ranging collection of essays and extracts about Greece, both ancient and modern, '' Published in Aid of the Greek Red Cross for relief and post-war work and under the auspices of the Greek Government Department of Information." in 1944. 200p.+plates, index. Neat clean copy, name of owner, cover some scuffed. Book
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Byron, George Gordon Noel [Marchand, Leslie - ed]
Epistoles apo tin Ellada 1809-1811 kai 1823-1824
Greek translation of Lord Byron's letters from Greece edited by Leslie Marchand and translated by Demosthenes Kourtovik. Dated list of letters 1809-18011 and 1823-1824. Untrimmed.381p. index. Inscription in Greek on half-title, else fine. Book
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St.Clair, William
Trelawny : The Incurable Romancer
Biography of Edward John Trelawney, flamboyant and fantasizing friend of Shelley and Byron includes his exploits in Greece with Odysseas Androutsos. 235p. plates bibliography.index. Near Fine235p. plates bibliography.index. Book
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St.Clair, William
Trelawny : The Incurable Romancer
Biography of Edward John Trelawney, flamboyant and fantasizing friend of Shelley and Byron includes his exploits in Greece with Odysseas Androutsos. 235p. plates bibliography.index. Book
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Clark,Alan
The Fall of Crete
Epic story of one of the most bitter and exciting campaigns of WW II. Pbk. 205p. plates. bibliography Book
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Grayson, John
March through Military Medicine
Dr.John Grayson saw action with the Eigth Army in Italy and then in Greece , and afterwards was involved in Malaria eradication in Macedonia. A fascinating narrative of medical services during wartime. He later taught at the Medical School at the University of Toronto.141p. Book
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Halilbegovich, Nadja
My Childhood Under Fire: A Sarajevo Diary
"Nadja Halilbegovich could be any twelve-year-old: she enjoys school, singing, and being with friends in Sarajevo. One spring morning in 1992 school is cancelled. The next day sniper fire and explosions drive Nadja, her family and neighbors to the basement. The siege of Sarajevo has begun" Her diary describes the daily dangers and the stresses of surviving in Sarajevo.120p.illus.Author inscription on ffep Book
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Savic,Vladislav R.
South Eastern Europe : The Main Problem of the Present World Struggle.
Analysis of the consequences of the Balkan Wars and WW I in the Balkans by an observant Serbian journalist. (Former head of the Press Bureau of the Serbian Foreign Office) 276p. frontis.map.index Book
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Vopicka,Charles J.
Secrets of the Balkans : Seven Years of a Diplomatist's Life in the Storm Centre of Europe
Illustrated first hand account by an American diplomat of his experiences from 1913 to the end of WW I in Romania,Serbia & Bulgaria. 330p.plates. light shelf wear to extremities Book
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Ladas, Alexis
Falconera
'The remote, uninhabited island of Falconera almost half way between Athens and Crete is the focus of daring exploits in the last months of World War II. If the German munitions fleet succeeds in reinforcing the German army on Crete the Occupation will continue, prolonging the war. The British navy can stop this fleet only if they can locate it, information that only can be provided by a small schooner from the Greek Schooner Raiding Flotilla. The story is fiction but the setting real. The author, Alexis Ladas, was a 24 year old captain on a Greek Raiding Schooner in 1944. The little known Greek Schooner Raiding Flotilla in World War II; its bases in Alexandria, Egypt and Deremen, Turkey; its only slightly disguised commander; and the feelings of the books hero in war were very real indeed. The author wrote what he lived. On one level, this book is a gripping romance and a suspense-filled tale of action. It is also a fount of information about the Aegean, sailing in the Aegean, and Greek sailing lore." 318 pages, 4 maps Book
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Fakinos,Aris
The Marked Men
"At the height of the Greek Civil War,a lost nationalist army patrol seeks refuge in Doliani, a small village in the rugged Macedonian mountains, decimated by an endless stream of invading armies - Bulgarians,Italians,Germans, and finally their fellow Greeks. (it) is a pentrating indictment of the current regime in Greece as well,for many of those now in power appear in the novel. "in 1966, while embroiled in a political trial, Fakinos dramatically proved existence of a 'generals' plot' to establish a Greek military dictatorship by force. When the predicted coup d'etat occurred on April 21, 1967, he fled Greece with the unfinished manuscript of this book" Book
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Bikelas, Demetrios (Vikelas)
Loukis Laras
"Loukis Laras is a 19th.C classic and a key work in the rebirth of Greek literature." A novel based on the experiences of Greeks in the Aegean islands, especailly Chios, during the Greek War of Independence . It was first published in Athens 1879 as a serial in a weekly journal, and became a best selling book in Greece. This translation by John Gennadios was originally published by Macmillan in London in 1881.Reissued 1972, Revised by D.Trollopr with an introduction by Helen Vlachou. 128p. Bookstore stamp on ffep. else fine Book
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Carabatsos,James
Heroes (Based upon his screenplay)
Heroes - a movie starring Henry Winkler as a Vietnam veteran trying to cope with an American home front that, if not hostile to Vietnam vets, hadn't much respect for them--or feared them "Vietnam ! Dunne had been there and back, but his war was not over. From the Bronx to California - wth a box of worms, a runaway girl and a vision - he was hell-bent on his own wacked-out-version of the good old American Dream." Based on the original autobiographical script by James Carabastos.214p. Illustrated with stills from the movie . Book
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Pelfrey, William & Carabatsos, James
Hamburger Hill
Hamburger Hill is a 1987 American war movie about the actual assault [in May 1969] of the U.S. Army's 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, part of the 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles", on a well-fortified position, including trench works and bunkers, of the North Vietnamese Army on Ap Bia Mountain "Hill 937",near the Laotian border. " The filmmakers - including the screenwriter and co-producer Jim Carabatsos [who served with the 1st Air Cavalry Division in Vietnam in 1968-1969] got the official blessing of he Pentagon and all the hardware was real." Screenplay novelized by William Palfrey. Book
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H.D. (Hilda Doolittle)
Helen in Egypt
Cycle of poems about Helen of Troy based on the legend that she never went to Troy and that the Greeks fought for a phantom Helen. 304p, Crisp coPy - looks unread o, P, cRISP COPY- LOOKS INREAD Book
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Glenny, Misha
The Fall of Yugoslavia: The Third Balkan War
The Fall of Yugoslavia tells the whole, true story of the Balkan Crisis-and the ensuing war-for those around the world who have watched the battle unfold with a mixture of horror, dread, and confusion. When Croatia and Slovenia declared their independence in June 1991, peaceful neighbors of four decades took up arms against each other once again and a savage war flared in the Balkans. The underlying causes go back to business left unfinished by both the Second and First World Wars. In this acclaimed book, now revised and updated with a new chapter on the Dayton Accords and the subsequent U.S. involvement, Misha Glenny offers a sobering eyewitness chronicle of the events that rekindled the violent conflict, a lucid and impartial analysis of the politics behind them, and incisive portraits of the main personalities involved. Above all, he shows us the human realities behind the headlines and puts in its true, historical context one of the most ferocious civil wars of our time.258p. bibliography, index. Paper age toned, else fine Book
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Milosevic, Steve
Rocks and Rattlesnakes: the Civil War in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Introduction by George Budimir 87p.[11 Copies found in WorldCat] Book
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Dragoumis, Mark
The Greek Economy 1940-2004
Greece's economic history reflects the slings and arrows of outrageous fortunate that have bedevilled the country ever since it became independent in 1832. The road to development has been full of pitfalls such as coups, one fully fledged civil war, several Balkan wars, two World Wars, one devastating occupation, one global crisis, and two outright bankruptcies. These have endowed Greeks with a sense of insecurity of varying intensity. This has led to a deep-rooted conservatism in national economic planning and deep-seated protectionism on the part of industry and workers. The result is an inflexibility in the face of changing market demands that has, for many years, prevented liberalization and reform. Mark Dragoumis has been observing Greek affairs both from inside the government and as a journalist since the 1940s. His informative and compelling account explains economic developments in the light of political ones.111p.illus. Book
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Sweet-Escott,Bickham
Greece : A Political and Economic Survey 1939-1953
"..a comprehensive account of the country, its people, and its complex history and politics [with] ..special attention to the economic and financial problems which have given rise to Greece's dependence on foreign aid." Part I - Politics: War and Resistance, Liberation and Civil War, From Varkiza Agreement to Truman Doctrine, Guerrilla War 1946-1949, Readjustment, Part II - Economics and Finance: The Liberation and the British, American Aid, Production, The Producers, Trade and Finance, Appendices: The Problem of Cyprus, Greece's Northern Frontiers, Statistical Appendix.vii, 207p. tables. index .maps. Book
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Seymour, Miranda
The Goddess
Novel about Helen of Troy. Book
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Sutcliff,Rosemary
Flowers of Adonis
Novel of the life of Alkibiades, and the tragedy he bought to Athens in the Peloponnesian War. 383p. Maps in end papers.Exceptionally fine copy.DJ spine is sun-faded Book
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Treece,Henry
Amber Princess [ UK title: Electra]
"Here revealed are the private lives of Electra and Agamemnon,of Clytemnestra and Orestes, and the dark forces which contributed at last to the downfall of Mycenae's brilliant culture.380p Price sticker on ffep, , else almost as new Book
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Stewart,Desmind
The Memoirs of Alcibiades. Recently discovered in Thrace and for the first time put into English.
83p.illus Book
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Lloyd, Seton.
Ancient Turkey: a Traveller's History of Anatolia
Ancient sites and civilizations of Anatolia from prehistoric times to early Christianity. 240p. illus bibliography index. Book
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Nicastro, Nicholas
The Isle of Stone
"With vivid prose and unswerving attention to historical detail .a tale of two brothers who rise through Spartan society and meet their fate--surrounded by the Athenian navy on the barren island of Sphacteria. 336p. Book
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Benson, Irving
The Man with the Donkey : John Simpson Kirkpatrick the Good Samaritan of Gallipoli
Second Impression. "This is the fascinating story of an ordinary man who did extraordinary things in a critical situation. On the day after the landing at Gallipoli he found a donkey and used it to bring wounded men from the top of Shrapnel Gully to the casualty station on the beach." 96p plates bibliography Book
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Loch, Sydney [De Vries, Susanna & De Vries, Jake]
To Hell and Back: The Banned Account of Gallipoli [The Straights Impregnable]
Banned in 1916, "The Straights Impregnable" . the 'best book on Gallipoli' now returns to print. As a young soldier in the battlefields of Gallipoli, Sydney Loch witnessed the horror of war first hand. His journal of what he saw became a book on his return to Australia. Hoping to avoid military censorship, his publishers dubbed Sydney's book a novel: 'The Straits Impregnable'. But as the war ground on and numbers of casualties grew, the publisher inserted a note saying the book was in fact true. 'The Straits Impregnable', which had enjoyed huge literary acclaim, was immediately withdrawn from sale by the censors. Sydney Loch's experiences in the war, shaped his life afterwards. With his wife, Joice Loch, he would go on to work in refugee camps in Poland and Palestine, at the Amerian Farm School in Thessaloniki and finally at Ouranopolis near Mt.Atho. In 'To Hell and Back', historians Susanna and Jake de Vries have recovered and edited Sydney's book for a new generation of readers - and written a biography of his remarkable life. 248p. illus. index Book
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Moorehead, Alan
Gallipoli
343p.map. Book
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Bradley, Vernon
Violent Retreat
[Combat Library Series # 3] War story about a group of British soldiers in Crete during the Nazi invasion. 64p. UK pulp fiction format. Text block is clean and complete, stapled inside rather flimsy paper covers. [ NO copy listed in WorldCat. It may have been distributed as a subscription series since Combat Library is listed as a journal in BL. Numbers 4, 5 & 6 are listed on the Back cover and two of those authors are found published in Australia by Gordon & Gotch.] Book
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Payne,Robert
Het Goud Van Troje : Heinrich Schliemann en De Bedolven Steden Van Greikenland
"The Golf of Troy" discovered by Heinrich Schliemann. Translated into Dutch. 224p. maps bibliography Book
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Masefield, John
Gallipoli
An account oi the causes, circumstances strategeis and failures that resulted in the ultimate disaster of the Gallipoli campaign in 1915. Illustrated with contemporary photographs and maps ( one fold-out) Nice clean copy in red cloth, name of previous owner in title page, Spine slightly crumpled. Book
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Dupuy, Trevor Nevitt & Hayes, Grace Person
The Campaigns on the Turkish Fronts (The Military History of World War I series)
[The Military History of Woold War I Series] Short illustrated account of the events of WW I in Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean 109p. illus. maps. index. Neat tight copy, minor library marks. Ex-Library
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Wolf, Christa
Cassandra : A Novel & Four Essays
". Christa Wolf retells the story of the fall of Troy, but from the point of view of the woman whose visionary powers earned her contempt and scorn. Written as a result of the author's Greek travels and studies, "Cassandra speaks to us in a pressing monologue whose inner focal points are patriarchy and war. In the four accompanying pieces, which take the form of travel reports, journal entries, and a letter, Wolf describes the novel's genesis" English translation by Jan Van Heurk . 305p. Book
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Lancaster, Osbert
Classical Landscape with Figures
"This is not a ramble, nor a travel book, not yet a guide, but a description in the 18th century meaning of the term" These witty, and amusing observations - both verbal and visual - are based on his experience of Greece in 1944 when "The British government had assigned him to the Athens embassy as first secretary. After 18 months he returned to London with a sheaf of sketches of what he had seen." 224p. Illus+ 4 double sided color plates. map, index. Book
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