The Greek Tragedy Author:Constantine Tsoucalas The suspension of ordinary liberties and the resulting political and cultural suffocation are all too familiar to the Greek people, for since the revolution of 1821 they have seldom been able to create the conditions for a stable parlimentary democracy. Strategically Greece is a gateway between Europe and Asia, through which has marched a succe... more »ssion of invading armies.
In this Penguin Special a Greek lawyer now studying in Paris presents an anatomy of the current Greek crisis, and relates it to an unhappy history of intervention and repression. Constantine Tsoucalas's moving book portrays, in historical perspective, the full anguish of contemporary Greece.« less