1922 by Costa Vertzayias

Costa Vertzayias AM launches his new book 1922, about the tragic events connected with the destruction of Smyrna. His extensive research tackles controversial subjects such as: the duplicitous role of Greece’s allies; the Greek “national schism”; the ramifications of the Russian Revolution; secret agreements; massacres and other atrocities; the betrayal on the Smyrna waterfront; the plan to capture Constantinople; the Thracian Catastrophe; Western complicity in the denial of the Christian genocides; the eradication of the remaining Christians of Turkey after 1922 and the effects of the Treaty of Lausanne in determining the equilibrium in the Aegean today. Refreshments provided.