The Making of the Greek Genocide: Contested Memories of the Ottoman Greek Catastrophe

by Erik Sjöberg

Book Overview

During and after World War I, over one million Ottoman Greeks were expelled from Turkey, a watershed moment in Greek history that resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths. And while few dispute the expulsion's tragic scope, it remains the subject of fierce controversy, as activists have fought for international recognition of an atrocity they consider comparable to the Armenian genocide. This book provides a much-needed analysis of the Greek...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785333259
• ISBN13: 9781785333255
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"