Paradise Lost: Smyrna 1922 – The Destruction of Islam’s City of Tolerance
Paradise Lost: Smyrna 1922 - The Destruction of Islam's City of Tolerance by
Giles Milton ISBN: 0340837861
Published by Sceptre on 2008
Pages: 426
Len's Summary: Smyrna was a multi-ethnic home to a cosmopolitan population and bastion of Greek and Christian civilization. When the Turks drive Greek forces out of Smyrna (now Ismir) some 100 thousand were killed. This book presents a timely reminder of the appalling cost of (in this case Greek) expansionist political ambitions as the victorious Allies carved up The Ottoman Empire with varying degrees of success.
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