Diary of a Disaster : British Aid to Greece, 1940-1941 / Robin Higham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Higham, Robin, 1925-2015.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Greece.

Greece--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

Greece.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--Greece.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1986.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On October 28, 1940, the Italian army under Benito Mussolini invaded Greece. The British had insisted on guaranteeing Greek and Turkish neutrality, despite the fact that Greece was never more than a limited campaign in an unlimited war as far as they were concerned. The British, however, were never quite sure that Greece was not their last foothold in Europe, and they harbored dreams of holding on to this last bastion of civilization and of protecting it with a diplomatic and military alliance -- a Balkan bloc. These dreams bore little relation to military and economic realities, and so the st

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface & Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: Prologue; II: The Metaxas Phase: 28 October 1940 to 29 January 1941; III: The Garden of Eden: 29 January 1941 to 4 March 1941; Illustrations; IV: Denouement and Disaster: 5 March 1941 to 26 April 1941; V: Conclusion; Notes; Bibliographical Comment; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Includes index.

Maps on lining papers.

Bibliography: p. [260]-263.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813189123

0813189128

9780813150505

0813150507

OCLC:

570058059