{"product_id":"the-new-byzantines-the-rise-of-greece-and-return-of-the-near-east-9781805264187","title":"The New Byzantines: The Rise of Greece and Return of the Near East","description":"Caught between wars raging in both Eastern Europe and the Middle East, Greece is an island of relative stability. Popularly considered the cradle of Western civilization, this is a Christian Orthodox state on the edge of the Islamic world. And, after a half-century of integration into NATO and the EU, Greece is now reabsorbing into the Near East, as the West fractures and new Middle Eastern powers rise. The country's importance as a cultural and geopolitical hybrid is growing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTravelling through the region, Sean Mathews explores at ground level the tectonic shifts reshaping Europe and the Middle East. He meets the last Greek merchants in Cairo, and hears from Istanbul's remaining Greeks about Turkey's break with the West. In Jerusalem, he discovers a budding alliance between Greece and Israel; and in a faded Ottoman port, he encounters football hooligans loyal to a Russian oligarch. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis bold reappraisal of Greece as a Near Eastern nation uncovers its Byzantine and Ottoman past as a key to survival in today's chaotic, shrinking world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sean Mathews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hurst \u0026amp; Co.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.44h x 5.90w x 1.41d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781805264187","brand":"Hurst \u0026 Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45342468145289,"sku":"9781805264187","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_15819901-2859-4656-9c0b-fa25a4a8cb08.jpg?v=1772515910","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-new-byzantines-the-rise-of-greece-and-return-of-the-near-east-9781805264187","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}