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Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Introduction -- 1 The Problem of too Much History -- Modern Greek Nationalism: Competing Visions -- The Dream of Byzantium -- The Western Vision -- Orthodox Christianity -- Language and Culture -- Creating a National Identity -- The Consequences of Success -- Contemporary Problems of Nationalism and National Unity -- The Modern and Traditional Tensions Continued -- 2 Modern Greek History: From One Revolution to Another -- The Struggle for Independence -- The Great Powers and the Establishment of the Bavarian Monarchy -- A New King, a New Constitution -- The "Revolution" of 1909 and the Ascent of Venizelos -- Internal Division and Political Instability -- The Anatolian Disaster and Its Consequences -- Political Instability and Economic Disaster -- Political Stalemate and the Metaxas Dictatorship -- 3 World War II and After -- The Occupation and Resistance -- Liberation and Confrontation -- The Civil War -- The New Political Context -- Political Stability and Economic Growth -- The Center Union: Victory and Defeat -- Military Dictatorship -- 4 The International Factor -- The Tradition of Great Power Patronage -- Greece and the Great Powers in the Nineteenth Century -- The Great Powers and Greek Territorial Gains and Losses -- The United States as Patron -- Greek Foreign Policy Objectives -- The European Union as Patron -- Greek-Turkish Relations -- The Problem with Macedonia -- Relations with Albania -- Greek Foreign Policy and the Diaspora -- Greece and the International Economic System -- The International Role of Greece -- 5 Society and Politics -- The Patron-Client System -- Greek Self-Esteem: Philotimo -- Clientelism and Social Change -- Refugees -- The Labor Movement -- Greek Public Enterprise and the Capitalist System.