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PublisherTE Herenga Waka University Press

ISBN-101776920678

ISBN-139781776920679

eBay Product ID (ePID)7061849749

Product Key Features

Number of Pages368 Pages

Publication NameJohn Mulgan and the Greek Left: a Regrettably Intimate Acquaintance

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2023

SubjectGeneral, Literary

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorC. -Dimitris Gounelas, Ruth Parkin-Gounelas

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2023-446885

IllustratedYes

SynopsisDrawing on new research, including much Greek scholarship, as well as close readings of John Mulgan's own writings, this detailed investigation revises the political canvas of wartime and post-war Greece and provides new insight into Mulgan's activities and contacts - including the identity of the mysterious woman he was with on the night he died., In September 1943, New Zealand writer John Mulgan was parachuted by the British Special Services (SOE) into remote mountain terrain in the centre of Nazi-occupied Greece, where he worked with the left-wing resistance to facilitate some of WW2's most successful episodes of guerrilla warfare. This experience shaped his leftist politics in critical ways, but with the Cold War climate taking over, Mulgan's allegiance was torn between the andartes he fought alongside and the British command he served under. Found dead in his Cairo hotel room shortly after leaving Greece, Mulgan left many questions about his tragically shortened life unanswered. Drawing on extensive new research, including much Greek scholarship, as well as close readings of Mulgan's own writings, this detailed investigation revises the political canvas of wartime and post-war Greece and provides new insight into Mulgan's activities and contacts - including the identity of the mysterious woman he was with on the night he died - bringing us a much fuller understanding of Mulgan, one in which his 'intimate acquaintance' with the Greek left is proved to have been profound and enduring., In September 1943, New Zealand writer John Mulgan was parachuted by the British Special Services (SOE) into remote mountain terrain in the centre of Nazi-occupied Greece, where he worked with the left-wing resistance to facilitate some of WW2's most successful episodes of guerrilla warfare. This experience shaped his leftist politics in critical ways, but with the Cold War climate taking over, Mulgan's allegiance was torn between the andartes he fought alongside and the British command he served under. Found dead in his Cairo hotel room shortly after leaving Greece, Mulgan left many questions about his tragically shortened life unanswered-. Drawing on extensive new research, including much Greek scholarship, as well as close readings of Mulgan's own writings, this detailed investigation revises the political canvas of wartime and post-war Greece and provides new insight into Mulgan's activities and contacts - including the identity of the mysterious woman he was with on the night he died - bringing us a much fuller understanding of Mulgan, one in which his 'intimate acquaintance' with the Greek left is proved to have been profound and enduring.

LC Classification NumberDU420.16.G68 2023