Just because it has been published it does not mean that it’s worthy. That might be the case of “Authoritarianism in Greece: The Metaxas Regime” (New York: Columbia University Press. 1983. Pp. 192), by John V. Kofas. I once read […]
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Though a fascist by conviction and a former general, Metaxas despised his fellow-dictator Benito Mussolini, whom he viewed as little more than a theatrical windbag. Trained in the German authoritarian tradition, Metaxas was nonetheless an ardent patriot who made no secret […]
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Nelly’s involvement in the propaganda machinery of the Metaxas regime found its consummation in the New York International Expo of 1939, when she agreed to decorate the Greek pavilion with her photographs and four collages. The subject matter of these […]
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This is an article by Gray, LC on Metaxas published on the “Current History and Forum” newspaper, New York 52.4 (Nov 26, 1940):
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In this new academic paper, Keele University faculty member Aristotle Kallis argues that the 4th of August regime was a distinctly Greek facet of the more general ‘fascistisation’ of large sections of the interwar European right; an that as such, […]
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This article explores the relation between ideology, national identity and religion in the palingenetic discourse of the 4th of August regime in Greece, which was established by Metaxas in 1936through a coup d’etat. The paper “Fascism and Religion: The Metaxas Regime in Greece […]
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“Hence, we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but that heroes fight like Greeks.” (Winston Churchill – 1941) Ioannis Metaxas has been described by many as a fascist, a nationalist, a dictator, a patriot, a leader, and a […]
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