War and Change in Twentieth-century Europe
War and Change in Twentieth-century Europe

Author: Arthur Marwick

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13:

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A summary of the main issues relating to war, peace and social change in 20th-century Europe. The book discusses the nature and causes of war and analyzes the debates over exactly what effects the two world wars have had on both geopolitical and social developments in the 20th century.

The Metaxas Myth
The Metaxas Myth

Author: Marina Petrakis

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2005-11-23

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 0857714708

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Why did the propaganda efforts that succeeded so thoroughly in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany fail so drastically in Greece? The Metaxas Myth is the first detailed account of General Ioannis Metaxas's attempts to mimic the fascist models of Mussolini, Hitler, and Franco by portraying himself as the 'saviour' of the Greek nation in an effort to build his power base as dictator. Following the dissolution of parliament in 1936 up to his death in 1941, Metaxas used every media outlet available to promote his great myth: newspapers, periodicals, cinema, theatre and radio. Marina Petrakis analyses the nature of Metaxas's shortcomings: the errors made and the policies that eventually bred not loyalty, but at best apathy and at worst hostility towards his would-be autocracy.