Claiming Macedonia: The Struggle for the Heritage, Territory and Name of the Historic Hellenic Land, 1862-2004

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McFarland, 24. sij 2006. - Broj stranica: 302

For nearly 130 years, the Greeks, the Bulgarians, and the Yugoslavs have fought over the question of who has the historical and demographic rights to use the name "Macedonia." Historically the land of Philip II and Alexander the Great, Aristotle, Mount Olympus and the Greek gods, Macedonia boasts an impressive cultural heritage that the Greeks have claimed as their own. In 1991, a state resulting from the breakup of Yugoslavia proclaimed itself Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), angering the Greeks and adding fuel to the persistent dispute.

This book argues the Macedonian question from a Greek perspective. It questions FYROM's right to the Macedonian name, arguing that Greece possesses the historical, cultural, linguistic, anthropological and demographic ties to the legacy of Alexander. Research examines the origins of the dispute between Hellenism and Bulgarism, the Balkans wars, the world wars and the rise of Tito's communism in Yugoslavia. The book also shows, step by step, the misconceptions about the legacy of Macedonia as promulgated by international communism, and carefully analyzes communism's role as the main protagonist in the formation of the new state and as a pivotal source fomenting and fueling the Greek Civil War. Cover to cover, it traces the conflict's change from an initial struggle between Hellenism and Bulgarism to the present dispute between Athens and Skopje.

 

Sadržaj

Preface
1
Introduction
11
Glossary and Abbreviations
19
1 The Origin of the Macedonian Question
21
2 The Balkan Wars and World War I 19121918
75
3 The Rise of Communism and the Macedonian Question
87
4 World War II and the Struggle for Macedonia
104
5 StateControlled Macedonian Ethnogenesis
145
6 The Greek Civil War and the Struggle for Macedonia
180
7 The Struggle for Macedonia After 1950
211
A History of FYROM or Balkan Slavs Compared to the History of Greek Macedonians and Albanians by Marcus Alexander Templar
243
Chapter Notes
251
Selected Bibliography
271
Index
281
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O autoru (2006)

The late George C. Papavizas lectured in many countries, published more than 200 scientific papers and edited several books. He lived in Maryland.

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