Brigands with a Cause Brigandage and Irredentism in Modern Greece 1821-1912 [Hardcover]

Although some saw Greek brigands as no more than hardened criminals, to others they were veritable national heroes and avengers of social injustice. The book examines brigandage and irredentism in Greece since the War of Independence, tracing the intimate links between the two, their impact on Greek politics and statecraft, and their influence on modern Greek identity and nationalism.

An excellent book....Should become indispensable reading for all students of modern Greece and be part of theire libraries. It is a well-written and thoroughly researched book; a book valuable to the scholar and interesting and enlightening to the general reader...Students of Greece are in debt to [Koliopoulos] for his excellent contribution to our knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of the history, culture, and institutions of modernHellasand theHellenes. --History: Reviews of New Books

Ground-breaking and revisionist. --American Historical Reivew

An excellent contribution to understanding the complexities and difficulties that modernizing nation-states in Ssoutheastern Europe faced in the nineteenth century. --Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism

Koliopoulos does an excellent job of divorcing myth and legend from the realities of banditry. Readers of this book will gain a greater understanding of the current antipathies between Greeks and Turks. --CHOICE