02714nam 2200481 450 991082387200332120230627032540.09781922952257(electronic bk.)9781925801682(MiAaPQ)EBC30280232(Au-PeEL)EBL30280232(CKB)25509857100041(EXLCZ)992550985710004120230627d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPolitics of forgetting New Zealand, Greece and Britain at war /Martyn Brown1st ed.North Melbourne, Vic :Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty Ltd,[2019]©20191 online resource (430 pages)Print version: Brown, Martyn Politics of Forgetting Melbourne : Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty, Limited,c2019 9781925801682 Includes bibliographical references (pages [286]-403) and index.The 'Puzzle' -- Two Countries a World Apart -- Giving Meaning to the Losses of 1941 -- After Crete: Soldiering, Mutiny and Secret Operations -- Humanitarianism and Retribution -- Taking Sides -- Reality versus RememberingGreece was a poor country in turmoil and pain during the 1940s. A military dictatorship was followed by invasion and terrifying occupation by Germany and its allies, starvation, civil war, political unrest and mutiny in its free military armed forces. New Zealand entered this arena and found a bond with a people that it still celebrates to this day. Absent is the complex, divisive and sometimes violent and surreal relationship between the two countries and the inescapable influence of Britain. Their story stretches from the mountains and open country of Greece and Crete to Middle East deserts, autumn-swept plains of Italy, and the blood-splattered streets of post-liberated Athens. Ironically New Zealand has forgotten the unpalatable but also sacrificed something that would have enhanced its own national storytelling about the war.World War, 1939-1945GreeceGreeceHistory20th centuryGreeceForeign relationsNew ZealandNew ZealandForeign relationsGreeceGreeceForeign relationsGreat BritainGreat BritainForeign relationsGreeceWorld War, 1939-1945940.5409495Brown Martyn(Martyn David),282172MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910823872003321Politics of forgetting3993853UNINA