America, Russia, and the Birth of Modern Greece - 9781680539424

America, Russia, and the Birth of Modern GreeceAuthor(s): Dimitris Michalopoulos\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Academica Press, United States\nImprint: Academica Press\nISBN-13: 9781680539424, 978-1680539424\nSynopsis\nIn 1806 an anonymous Greek book called for a republican government, patterned upon that of the young United States, to be established in Greece, then long the rule of the Ottoman Empire. The Americanization of Greece presupposed independence. The books author, Count John Capo d'Istria, was carried away by his own version of the American Dream, but was also in touch with another inspirational power, Russia, which made him its foreign minister despite his attraction to the ideas of revolutionaries, Russias Decembrists, who wanted democratic government in their country.\n\nCapo dIstria was only identified as the early author of calls for a Greek Republic in the 2010s. In this revelatory new book, Dimitris Michalopoulos follows his career and that of Alexander Hypsilantis,.