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Britain and the Greek Colonels - Accommodating the Junta in the Cold War (Hardcover)
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Britain and the Greek Colonels - Accommodating the Junta in the Cold War (Hardcover)
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At the apex of international Cold War tension, an alliance of Greek
military leaders seized power in Athens. Seven years of violent
political repression followed in Greece, yet as Cold War allies,
the Greek colonels had continued international support- especially
from Britain. Why did successive governments, those of Harold
Wilson and Edward Heath, choose to pursue an alliance with these
military dictators? Alexandros Nafpliotis' book examines British
foreign policy towards Greece, exposing a guiding principle of
pragmatism above all else. This is the first systematic study of
Britain and the Greek military Junta of the early 1970s to be based
on newly released National Archive documents, US and Greek sources
and personal interviews with leading actors. Comparing and
contrasting the attitudes of both Labour and Conservative
governments towards the Junta in Greece, Nafpliotis outlines a
great degree of continuity, as well as showing where and how moral
and public relations issues were overcome in order to facilitate a
close relationship with the colonels. 'Britain and the Greek
Colonels' is a comprehensive history of international diplomacy and
realpolitik in the Cold War period and will be essential reading
for students and scholars of Cold War history, the history of
modern Greece and International Relations.
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