HISTORY OF THE MACEDONIAN QUESTION

Παρουσίαση

It is natural for one to be fearful when working in a field in which he holds no academic credentials. However, since I believe that historical research is primarily a passion and a profession second, I dared to write this book even though I am a lawyer and not an historian.
The motivation for writing this work was the intense propaganda put forth by Skopje to promote the so-called "Macedonian Question" in Yugoslavia and elsewhere. This propaganda, most pronounced in 1988, continues today with pseudo-scientific arguments and is very well organized. On the other hand, the response from the Greek academic community was lukewarm. So, with the publication of this book, I tried to fill a gap in the Greek historiography: the lack of an inclusive and easy to read book treating the "Macedonian Question" from the Greek point of view. The book needed to present, as objectively as possible, all the important events from 1870 to today, in hopes of educating the layman. (For this reason I avoided using references within the text and simply included an extensive bibliography at the end). [...] (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

PREFACE
1. INTRODUCTION
2. BALKAN STATES STRUGGLE FOR TURKISH OCCUPIED MACEDONIA (1870-1919)
3. BALKAN COMMUNIST PARTIES STRUGGLE FOR MACEDONIA (1919-49)
4. THE CONTEMPORARY PHASE OF THE "MACEDONIAN QUESTION" (1950-1992)
TRANSLATOR'S NOTE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
CURRICULUM VITAE
MAPS