RARE

WW1 1914-1918 (INCLUDING DARDENELLES/GALLIPOLI & SALONIKA FRONTS) AND 1920'S

FRENCH & BRITISH INTELLIGENCE SERVICES IN GREECE/MI5/MI6/ARMY/MILITARY/NAVAL INTELLIGENCE

SIR BASIL THOMSON

HUTCHINSON 1931 1st EDITION 288pp+15 B&W PLATES DEPICTING 22 PHOTOGRAPHS 8vo IN SIZE

VG PUBLISHER'S CLOTH (HARDBACK)

CONTENTS FINE: CLEAN TEXT BLOCK, TIGHT BINDING, CLEAN PAGES AND NO INSCRIPTIONS OR BOOKPLATES

THIS IS A FINE DETAILED REFERENCE ON THE BRITISH AND ALLIED SECRET SERVICE OPERATING IN GREECE DURING THE PERIOD AUGUST 1914 TO FEBRUARY 1923.

CHAPTERS ARE:

PREFACE (2pp) & INTRODUCTION (22pp)

I. AUGUST 1914 - FEBRUARY 1915 - THE TRUE STORY OF "GOEBBEN" AND "BRESLAU" (9pp)

II. FEBRUARY-JUNE 1915 WHY GREECE DID NOT JOIN THE ALLIES IN THE DARDENELLES (11pp)

III. JUNE-OCTOBER 1915 HOW THE ALLIES CAME TO SALONICA (SALONIKA) (15pp)

IV. THE CONSTANTINE AND VENIZELOS MYTHS (6pp)

V. OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1915 GENERAL SARRAIL (9pp)

VI. DECEMBER 1915 (14pp)

VII. DECEMBER 1915-MARCH 1916 TROUBLES AT SALONIKA (15pp)

VIII. APRIL-SEPTEMBER 1916 DE ROQUEFEUIL'S LEGATION OUTRAGE SQUAD (21pp)

IX. SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1916 VENIZELISM WITH DE ROQUEFEUIL'S AS STAGE MANAGER (9pp)

X. OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1916 THE SHADOW OF COMING EVENTS (17pp)

XI. OCTOBER-DECEMBER 3rd 1916 THE BENAZET AGREEMENT SWEPT AWAY BY VENIZELOS' ATTACK ON THE KING'S TROOPS AT EKATERINI (15pp)

XII. DECEMBER 1916 THE ARMED DEMONSTRATION AND WHAT BEFELL (12pp)

XIII. DECEMBER 1916 THE WRONG MEN ARE PUNISHED (11pp)

XIV. JANUARY-MARCH 1917 THE BLOCKADE OF GREECE (17pp)

XV. APRIL-JUNE 1917 KING CONSTANTINE IS DEPOSED BY THE FRENCH IN DEFIANCE OF THE LONDON AGREEMENT (12pp)

XVI. JUNE 1917-OCTOBER 1920 VENIZELOS INSTALLED IN ATHENS UNDER THE FRENCH GUNS. VENIZELOS SWEPT AWAY BY A GENERAL ELECTION (12pp)

XVII. NOVEMBER 1920-NOVEMBER 1922 THE DISASTER IN ASIA MINOR. THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP (24pp)

XVIII. DECEMBER 1922-FEBRUARY 1923 THE EXEUTION OF THE ROYALIST LEADERS. THE EXPULSION OF THE KING (12pp)

XIX. CONCLUSION (13pp)

PHOTOGRAPHS INCLUDE:

FRENCH SECRET DOCUMENTS, THE PRINICPAL PERSONALITIES INVOLVED EG DE ROQUEFEUIL, M VENIZELOS, M POLITIS, KING CONSTANTINE, KING GEORGE I & II OF GREECE, CAPTAIN CHAMONARD, ADMIRALS LACAZE & DARTIGE DU FOURNET ETC), A BULLET-PROOF BREASTPLATE FOUND IN VENIZELOS' HOUSE AFTER HIS FLIGHT, RIFLES BEARING FRENCH MARKS FOUND IN VENIZELOS' ROOM IN ATHENS, A BATTERY OF TWO GUNS MOUNTED BY THE REVOLUTIONARIES ON LYCABETOS HILL, KING CONSTANTINE LANDING AT SMYRNA IN 1920 & THE COURTMARTIAL OF THE EX-MINISTERS FOR EXAMPLE.

A FINE FIRST WORLD WAR (DARDENELLES & SALONIKA FRONTS), MILITARY HISTORY, GREEK HISTORY, BRITISH SECRET SERVICE AND FRENCH SECRET SERVICE BOOK. THE VOLUME'S CONDITION AND EDITION STATUS MAKES IT A MUST HAVE EDITION OF THE CLASSIC REFERENCE TEXT.