The Mechanism of Catastrophe: The Turkish Pogrom Of September 6 - 7, 1955, And The Destruction Of The Greek Community Of Istanbul

by Speros Vryonis Jr.

Hardback book with dust jacket titled THE MECHANISM OF The Turkish Pogrom of September 6-7,1955 and the Destruction of the Greek Community of Istanbul by Speros Vryonis,Jr. Published by Greekworks.Com in 2005. Illustrated with vintage black and white photographs. See my photographs (3) of this book on main listing page. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-Base2BS-9-topshelf-backside) rareviewbooks

Genres: History

659 pages, Hardcover

First published May 2, 2005

About the author

Speros Vryonis Jr. (Greek: Σπυρίδων "Σπύρος" Βρυώνης, born July 18, 1928 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American historian of Greek descent and a specialist in Greek and Byzantine history. He is one of the most eminent Byzantinists of his generation. After a distinguished career at UCLA, he became the founding director of the Alexander S. Onassis Center for Hellenic Studies at New York University, from which he retired as emeritus Alexander S. Onassis professor of Hellenic civilization.

Reviews

[Guera25 · Rating 2 out of 5]

Four stars for the scholarship, with which I cannot find fault, but two stars for the style. The only way this book could've been any drier would be if you tore the pages out and served them on a lightly-salted Triscuit. I wanted to know about the people and their history and what became of them after the pogrom. What I got was a stultifying actuarial report on damage totals and the financial cost of reconstruction. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.