Abstract
Greece gained her independence from Turkey in 1821–29, and by the Protocol of London, of 3 Feb. 1830, was declared a kingdom, under the guarantee of Great Britain, France and Russia. For details of the subsequent history to 1947 see The Statesman’s Year-Book, 1957, pp. 1069–70 and for details of the monarchy see The Statesman’s Year-Book, 1973–74, p. 1000.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Books of Reference
Campbell, J., and Sherrard, P., Modem Greece. London, 1968
Forster, E. S., A Short History of Modern Greece. 3rd ed. London, 1958
Holden, D., Greece Without Columns: The Making of the Modern Greeks. London, 1972
Katris, J. A., Eyewitness in Greece: The Colonels Come to Power. St Louis, 1971
Kayser, B., Geographie humaine de la Grèce. Paris, Presses Universitaires, 1964
Kolodny, E. Y., La Population des Iles de la Grèce. Aix-en-Provence, 1973
Kousoulas, D. G., Revolution and Defeat: The Story of the Greek Communist Party. OUP. 1965
Kykkotis, I., English-Modern Greek and Modern Greek-English Dictionary. 3rd ed. London, 1957
Monzelis, N. P., Modern Greece. London, 1978
Munkman, C. A., American Aid to Greece. New York, 1958
Phillipson, A., Die griechischen Landschaften: eine Landeskunde. 4 vols. Frankfurt, 1951–59
Spring, J. T., The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Greek. 2 vols. OUP, 1966–67
Woodhouse, C. M., The Struggle for Greece, 1941–1949. London, 1976
Xydis, S. G., Greece and the Great Powers, 1944–47. Thessaloniki, 1963
Young, K., The Greek Passion. London, 1967
Editor information
Copyright information
© 1979 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Paxton, J. (1979). Greece. In: Paxton, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271081_64
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271081_64
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Online ISBN: 978-0-230-27108-1
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies CollectionPolitical Science and International Studies (R0)