Episode 43 - Rocky Hellas

We conclude our little tour of central Europe with Greece. Like their neighbors, they struggled over territorial claims and reconciling their adopted monarchy. But their greater ambitions only lead them into one disaster after another, and reduced their regional ambitions into that of another grasping state in south-central Europe, dependent on the fragile peace to keep outside aggressors at bay.     Bibliography for this episode:  Beaton, Roderick Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation University of Chicago Press 2019 Berend, Ivan Decades of Crisis: Central and Eastern Europe Before World War II University of California Press 1998 Glenny, Misha The Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers 1804-1999 Penguin Books Ltd 1999   Questions? Comments? Email me at [email protected]