Smyrna, September 1922: When Paradise turned into Hell

Introduction The Smyrna 1922 burning and butchery is a tragedy. Tragedies cannot be described adequately. But the statements of eyewitnesses

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Once upon a time there was a ship named “ORUC REIS” – Μια φορά κι ένα καιρό ήταν ένα πλοίο που το λέγαν “ORUC REIS”

“Η Κύπρος αποτελεί το πρώτο βήμα προς το Αιγαίο” είχε δηλώσει στις αρχές του 1975 ο Τούρκος υπουργός Εξωτερικών Μελίχ

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Autumn 1944: Violence in Athens – Αιματηρές συγκρούσεις και βία στην μετέωρη Αθήνα του Φθινοπώρου του 1944

Εισαγωγή Ιστορικοί όπως ο Στάθης Καλύβας (1) και ο Ανδρέας Γερολυμάτος θεωρούν ότι ο εμφύλιος πόλεμος άρχισε το 1943, η

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Η “ισοπαλία” του Θουκυδίδη

“…στις ανθρώπινες σχέσεις, τα νομικά επιχειρήματα έχουν αξία όταν εκείνοι που τα επικαλούνται είναι περίπου ισόπαλοι σε δύναμη και ότι,

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August Macke’s untimely death: 26 September 1914

August Macke was born in 1887 and died in September 1914 in the trenches of Champagne, at the age of

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An out of date military dogma urgently needs change

The military dogma of the USA that Turkey is a strategic ally must change. It has outgrown its utility and

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How Turkey plays Greece in the Evros border incident: Tit for Tat

Two Greek military officers have been arrested on the 1st of March allegedly because they entered Turkish territory without permission.

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On “Absolute” and “Total” War

Introduction In the context of an online course I am taking, I recently read von Clausewitz’s “On War” and from

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The battle of Marathon, 490 BC

The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea. And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

To the Women and Men on Earth and beyond, I wish the happiest Valentine’s Day Love is a hard, difficult

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