Politics of forgetting : New Zealand, Greece and Britain at war / Martyn Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Martyn (Martyn David), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Greece.

World War, 1939-1945.

Greece--History--20th century.

Greece.

Greece--Foreign relations--New Zealand.

New Zealand--Foreign relations--Greece.

New Zealand.

Greece--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--Greece.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (430 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

North Melbourne, Vic : Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty Ltd, [2019]

Summary:

Greece was a poor country in turmoil and pain during the 1940s. A military dictatorship was followed by invasion and terrifying occupation by Germany and its allies, starvation, civil war, political unrest and mutiny in its free military armed forces. New Zealand entered this arena and found a bond with a people that it still celebrates to this day. Absent is the complex, divisive and sometimes violent and surreal relationship between the two countries and the inescapable influence of Britain. Their story stretches from the mountains and open country of Greece and Crete to Middle East deserts, autumn-swept plains of Italy, and the blood-splattered streets of post-liberated Athens. Ironically New Zealand has forgotten the unpalatable but also sacrificed something that would have enhanced its own national storytelling about the war.

Contents:

The 'Puzzle'

Two Countries a World Apart

Giving Meaning to the Losses of 1941

After Crete: Soldiering, Mutiny and Secret Operations

Humanitarianism and Retribution

Taking Sides

Reality versus Remembering

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [286]-403) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Brown, Martyn Politics of Forgetting

ISBN:

9781922952257