{"product_id":"the-greek-revolution-1821-and-the-making-of-modern-europe-9780143110934","title":"The Greek Revolution: 1821 and the Making of Modern Europe","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Duff Cooper Prize - Named a top history book of the year by \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom one of our leading historians, the definitive history of the Greek War of Independence \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Greek War of Independence was an unlikely cause, a disorganized collection of Greek patriots up against what was still one of the most storied empires in the world, the Ottomans. The revolutionaries needed all the help they could get. And they got it, as Europeans and Americans embraced the idea that the heirs to ancient Greece, the wellspring of Western civilization, were fighting for their freedom against the proverbial Eastern despot, the Turkish sultan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mazower does full justice to the more complicated reality on the ground, as a revolutionary conspiracy triggered outright rebellion. By the time the dust settled, Greece was free, and Europe was changed forever. It was a victory fora completely new kind of politics--international in its range and affiliations, popular in its origins, romantic in its sentiments, and radical in its goals. The Greek War of Independence was the first war in which a people claimed liberty for themselves and overthrew an entire empire to attain it, inaugurating a new world of nation-states, the world in which we still live.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Mazower\u003c\/b\u003e is the Ira D. Wallach Professor of History at Columbia University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eHitler's Empire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Balkans: A Short History\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Wolfson Prize for History, among other books. He lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50642924503314,"sku":"9780143110934","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_86bc03ca-350f-487a-bcea-e7fcd12b71b0.jpg?v=1733074318","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-greek-revolution-1821-and-the-making-of-modern-europe-9780143110934","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}