Metaxas Myth : Dictatorship and Propaganda in Greece.
Title:
Metaxas Myth : Dictatorship and Propaganda in Greece.
Author:
Petrakis, Marina.
ISBN:
9780857714701
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (280 pages)
Series:
International Library of War Studies
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Metaxas' Regime and the Press -- Organisation and Structure -- The 'Fourth of August' Publications -- EON, Ethnikos Organismos Neole (National Youth Organisation and Press Propaganda -- The Press and the making of a charismatic leadership -- Chapter Two: Charismatic Leadership -- Metaxas - A symbol of the Nation -- O Protos Agrotis (The First Peasant) -- O Protos Ergatis (The First Worker) -- Chapter Three: Film Propaganda in Metaxas' Regime -- The structure of film before Metaxas' regime -- The 'Fourth of August' regime and film legislation -- Educational and National Youth Film Propaganda -- EON Films - Themes and Representations -- The Principle of Leadership and the People -- Chapter Four: The 'Fourth of August' regime and Theatre Propaganda -- The Modern Greek Theatre before Metaxas' regime -- Metaxas' Dictatorship and the Theatre -- The 'regeneration of Greece' and the Theatre -- Ethnikos Organismos Neoleas and Theatre Propaganda -- Chapter Five: Radio Propaganda in Metaxas' Greece -- Organisation of 'Fourth of August' regime radio propaganda -- Chapter Six: The Impact of 'Fourth of August' Propaganda -- Chapter Seven: Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
Why did the propaganda efforts that succeeded so thoroughly in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany fail so drastically in Greece? The Metaxas Myth is the first detailed account of General Ioannis Metaxas's attempts to mimic the fascist models of Mussolini, Hitler, and Franco by portraying himself as the 'saviour' of the Greek nation in an effort to build his power base as dictator. Following the dissolution of parliament in 1936 up to his death in 1941, Metaxas used every media outlet available to promote his great myth: newspapers, periodicals, cinema, theatre and radio. Marina Petrakis analyses the nature of Metaxas's shortcomings: the errors made and the policies that eventually bred not loyalty, but at best apathy and at worst hostility towards his would-be autocracy._x000D_ _x000D_ Petrakis has unearthed some fascinating and rare material about theway in which Metaxas sought to bolster support for his quasi-fascist regime through the deployment of relatively sophisticated and modern methods of propaganda ...The book constitutes a pioneering piece of research, based on a wide range of sources._x000D_ - Richard Clogg, The Times Literary Supplement_x000D_.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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