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Macedonia and Greece: The Struggle to Define a New Balkan Nation (Library Binding)

by John Shea (Author)
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  • Library Binding: 423 pages
  • Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc (31 May 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0786402288
  • ISBN-13: 978-0786402281
  • Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.4 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,088,187 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"unique -selects the most significant historical points and analyzes them carefully -. His comprehensive and objective account is recommended"--Library Journal


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Reviews the stormy relationship between the two peoples from the time of Alexander the Great to the attempted assassination of the Macedonian president in October 1995. Written in response to renewed tensions since the breakup of Yugoslavia, the unresolved dispute over the use of the name Macedonia, and the continuing suspicion over each other's in

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1.0 out of 5 stars Innacurate, boring book by psychologist, 2 Jan 2008
By Anothroskon (London, UK) - See all my reviews
According to various antihellenic sites that have quoted extensively from his book, Dr. Shea is an eminent historian and an authority on the issue of the Macedonian Question, currently with the Univ. of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

In fact Dr. Shea is not a historian but rather a psychologist, and not surprisingly this is reflected in the shoddy scholarship of this book and the factual and methodological inaccuracies, both sadly too numerous to mention in this brief space.

This misrepresentation, not unreasonable since the author chose to promote his academic credential but obscure the area of his expertise, amounts to little more than a prostitution of the good name of the Univ. of Newcastle and the title of Dr. All this in an attempt to lend scientific credibility to what is little more than an unscientific collection of platitudes and the author's own opinions.

A journalist could and would have written a more factual and crucially more readable book on the subject.




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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars A dated and disappointing effort, 23 Jun 2009
This book requires updating since the dispute between Greece and FYR Macedonia has moved on from Shea's rather biased outlook.
I wish historical books would avoid taking sides and just present the facts to the reader so that he/she may form an opinion. John Shea forces and cojoles the reader into a particular viewpoint by presenting only one side of the argument and ignoring the other side. For example, he interviews a sample of slavic-seaking Macedonians and takes it for granted that there "accounts" are true without referance to actual historical records and without corroboration from governmental archives from both sides of the argument. He also deems it unneccessary to interview slavic-speakers who do not consider themselves "macedonians" but Greeks. In this regard, Shea's book lacks the integrity to be considered a valuable book to the historian because he is more concerned with forcing an opinion on the reader rather than presenting it.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Well-balanced account, 19 Nov 2008
By Mr. M. H. Talbot "Mike Talbot" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Macedonia and Greece: The Struggle to Define a New Balkan Nation (Paperback)
A well-argued, comprehensive account of what is a complex and, as the previous comment demonstrates, hotly debated topic. However, without pandering to either the Macedonian or Greek narratives, Shea has managed to produce a very valuable commentary on nationalism and its effects on contemporary politics.
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