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11%OFFGeorgia Eglezou - The Greek Media in World War I and its Aftermath: The Athenian Press on the Asia Minor Crisis - 9781845117870 - V9781845117870
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The Greek Media in World War I and its Aftermath: The Athenian Press on the Asia Minor Crisis

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Description for The Greek Media in World War I and its Aftermath: The Athenian Press on the Asia Minor Crisis Hardback. Presents the events of the Asia Minor Campaign through a different perspective: the role and content of the Athenian press as a means of propaganda. This title renders the reporting of the pro- and anti-government press to provide insights into why a delusory policy was pursued to the bitter end. Series: International Library of War Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 graphs. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJF; HBWN; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 480.
The Asia Minor Campaign remains one of the most disastrous episodes of modern Greek history. The retreat of the Greek army after being routed by Turkish nationalist forces in Anatolia in 1922 was a catastrophic event. Yet, as this meticulously researched study of Athenian newspapers from 1919 to 1922 makes apparent, the bulk of the Greek press created the illusion that all was well at the front and hid the reality of impending disaster. Here Eglezou presents these familiar events through a dramatic new perspective: the role and content of the Athenian press as a means of propaganda. The reporting ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Series
International Library of War Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845117870
SKU
V9781845117870
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Ref
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About Georgia Eglezou
Georgia Eglezou received her PhD from the School of Historical Studies at the University of Birmingham and is a researcher at the Media School of Bournemouth University. Her chief research interests focus on the representation by the Greek and international press of the political, military and diplomatic history of Greece during the inter-war and Cold War periods.

Reviews for The Greek Media in World War I and its Aftermath: The Athenian Press on the Asia Minor Crisis
"'Georgia Eglezou [has] produced a book which is original and throws new light on what is a fascinating period of Greek history when Greek governments pursued the Megali Idea to its catastrophic conclusion. What Georgia Eglezou's book, derived from her doctoral thesis, achieves is to reprise unfolding events through a new perspective: the prism of the newspaper editor and his ... Read more

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