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Title: Modern Greece: A Civilization on the Periphery (Nations of the Modern World : Europe) by Keith R. Legg, John Roberts, John M. Roberts ISBN: 0-8133-1655-3 Publisher: Perseus Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1996 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $69.00

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Average Customer Rating: 2.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 2
Summary: A misleading historical portrait
Comment: The authors of this novel have clearly NOT done their homework on the modern Greek state. For country which has been seiged by Ottoman Rule and genocide, which has been kept "in the dark" by brutal Turkish rule while other countries in Europe experienced such events as the Industrial Revolution and the Renaissance, and whose people have been used as political toys by countries such as the United States and Great Britain, Greece has come a long way in the last twenty years. After the dictatorship, which consequently was installed by the United States government, the country was crippled. For a country with so few resources and even fewer allies, I have the tendency not to agree with the viewpoint of the authors. The only true way to comment on the modern Greek state is to take all previous history into account. The authors clearly did not do that. For anyone interested in reading a more non-biased on the modern Greek state,a great source would be Richard Clogg's book, "A concise History of Modern Greece".

Rating: 3
Summary: The most negatively biased book on Greece
Comment: The author uses everything that has been written on Greece to present an image of Greece as hopelessly backward and certainly not worthy of entering into the European Union. It underestimates to a laughable point the danger of Turkey to Greece. It could have been written by the Turkish propaganda ministry.