Ionian Vision: Greece in Asia Minor, 1919-1922 : with a New Introduction

"Ionian Vision: Greece in Asia Minor, 1919–1922" by Michael Llewellyn-Smith offers a comprehensive examination of Greece's military and political endeavors in Asia Minor during the early 20th century. The book delves into the Greek occupation of Smyrna and the subsequent war in Anatolia, contextualizing these events within Greece's "Great Idea" and the complex power dynamics of the Near East. Llewellyn-Smith traces the origins of the Greek statesman Eleftherios Venizelos's "Ionian Vision" to his collaboration with British Prime Minister David Lloyd George in envisioning an Anglo-Greek entente in the Eastern Mediterranean. This narrative provides an in-depth account of the conflict that significantly influenced the politics and society of modern Greece.