The Athenian Press on the Asia Minor Crisis

From: Georgia Eglezou <geglezou@bournemouth.ac.uk>
List Editor: Mark Stein <stein@MUHLENBERG.EDU>
Editor’s Subject: H-TURK: New Book [G Eglezou]
Author’s Subject: H-TURK: New Book [G Eglezou]
Date Written: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 09:40:44 -0500
Date Posted: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 09:40:44 -0500

Dear members,

I would like to inform you about the publication of my new book:

Georgia EGLEZOU, The Greek Media in World War I and its Aftermath: The Athenian
Press on the Asia Minor Crisis

Book details
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: I B Tauris & Co Ltd (5 Feb 2009)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1845117875
ISBN-13: 978-1845117870
Book Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.4 x 2.8 cm

Summary
The Asia Minor Campaign remains one of the most disastrous episodes of modern
Greek history. The retreat of the Greek army after being routed by Turkish
nationalist forces in Anatolia in 1922 was a catastrophic event. Yet, as this
study of Athenian newspapers from 1919 to 1922 makes apparent, the bulk of the
Greek press created the illusion that all was well at the front and hid the
reality of impending disaster. Here Eglezou presents these familiar events
through a dramatic new perspective: the role and content of the Athenian press
as a means of propaganda. The reporting of the pro- and anti-government press
is closely rendered to provide fascinating insights into why a delusory policy
was pursued to the bitter end. With a comprehensive account of the Campaign,
Eglezou adds a new dimension to our understanding of the history of modern
Greece, as well as the relationship between the press and politics more
generally.

Dr Georgia Eglezou
Media School
Bournemouth University