Greek-Albanian Entanglements since the Nineteenth Century

<p>This book is a comprehensive study of more than 200 years of the shared and interconnected histories of Greek-Albanian relations a field of inquiry that has not attracted the international scholarly attention it deserves. </p><p>The book presents and analyses in detail topics including the contested borderland (1800–1912) the Greek Revolution (1821–1830) and Greek- Albanian entanglements during the Greek Revolution Greek nationalism (identity and narrative) the Albanians (pre-modernism belated nationalism origin) the rise of Albanian nationalism Albanian national identity and historical narrative Greek-Albanian relations from the League of Prizren (1878) until Albania’s declaration of independence (1912) Greek irredentism (the Northern Epirus Question 1912–1920) and Albania’s precarious independence Greek irredentism and Greek-Albanian relations (the Northern Epirus Question 1940–1971) the Greek minority in Albania the Cham (Muslim Albanian) issue the turbulent first part of the 1990s the pending Greek-Albanian issues and public opinion. It concludes with a road map for an eventual Albanian-Greek reconciliation. </p><p>This volume will interest scholars and students of Southeastern Europe (Balkans) international relations and history political science and sociology. It will also be a valuable resource for diplomats journalists think tanks and other organizations and institutions involved in the Balkans Greek-Albanian relations. </p>