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Twice a Stranger: How Mass Expulsion Forged Modern Greece and Turkey

Twice a Stranger: How Mass Expulsion Forged Modern Greece and Turkey Book Reviews / Southeastern Europe 35 (2011) 153–158 155 Clark, B., Twice a Stranger: How Mass Expulsion Forged Modern Greece and Turkey (London: 2007: Granta Books). ISBN-10: 1862079242. ISBN-13: 978-1862079243. Th e title says it all. Th is book draws inspiration from an exchangee’s poem, Twice a Stranger , which describes how it feels to be a stranger in the birthplace and in the new homeland. Bruce Clark, who worked as a journalist in the Balkans for many years, describes and discusses the developments that led to the population exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1920s, and its eff ects on both countries to this day, before the fi nal generation with fi rst-hand memory of the exchange dies out. Clark investigates the necessity of the population exchange through micro and macro level analyses. Th e author brings to light memories and stories of people who expereinced the population exchange on both sides, while analyzing what led the governments to opt for it. He also investigates the the powers and international organizations that supported the initiative by referencing diplomatic records, newspaper articles, and memoirs of important fi gures who took part in the formulation of the project. Th http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southeastern Europe Brill

Twice a Stranger: How Mass Expulsion Forged Modern Greece and Turkey

Southeastern Europe , Volume 35 (1): 155 – Jan 1, 2011

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Brill
Copyright
© 2011 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0094-4467
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1876-3332
DOI
10.1163/187633311X545742
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Book Reviews / Southeastern Europe 35 (2011) 153–158 155 Clark, B., Twice a Stranger: How Mass Expulsion Forged Modern Greece and Turkey (London: 2007: Granta Books). ISBN-10: 1862079242. ISBN-13: 978-1862079243. Th e title says it all. Th is book draws inspiration from an exchangee’s poem, Twice a Stranger , which describes how it feels to be a stranger in the birthplace and in the new homeland. Bruce Clark, who worked as a journalist in the Balkans for many years, describes and discusses the developments that led to the population exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1920s, and its eff ects on both countries to this day, before the fi nal generation with fi rst-hand memory of the exchange dies out. Clark investigates the necessity of the population exchange through micro and macro level analyses. Th e author brings to light memories and stories of people who expereinced the population exchange on both sides, while analyzing what led the governments to opt for it. He also investigates the the powers and international organizations that supported the initiative by referencing diplomatic records, newspaper articles, and memoirs of important fi gures who took part in the formulation of the project. Th

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Published: Jan 1, 2011

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