Ionian Vision: Greece in Asia Minor, 1919 - 1922

Michael Llewellyn Smith sets the Greek occupation of Smyrna and the war in Anatolia against the background of Greece's 'Great Idea' and of great power rivalries in the Near East. He traces the origins of the Greek statesman Eleftherios Venizelos's 'Ionian Vision' to his joint conception with David Lloyd George of an Anglo-Greek entente in the Eastern Mediterranean. This narrative text presents a comprehensive account of the disaster which has shaped the politics and society of modern Greece.

Author: Michael Llewellyn-Smith
Publisher: Hurst & Co.
Published: 08/01/2022
Pages: 434
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 8.35h x 5.58w x 1.49d
ISBN13: 9781787386051
ISBN10: 1787386058
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe | Greece (see also Ancient | Greece)

About the Author

Michael Llewellyn-Smith was British Ambassador in Athens in the 1990s and lived in Venizelos' house. He has written books on Greece in Asia Minor (1919-22), the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896, and the history and culture of Athens. Venizelos has been a lifelong interest.