Greece and the Cold War - Front Line State, 1952-1967

This is a comprehensive new account of Greece's Cold War policy covering the key period from the country's accession to NATO in 1952 until the imposition of the colonels' dictatorship in 1967.

List of contents

Introduction Part 1. The Era of Regional Supremacy, 1952-1955 1. An Effort to Adjust to the Post-War World 2. A New Nato Member, 1952-1955 3. Achieving Regional Supremacy: The Tripartite Balkan Pacts 4. Greece and Peaceful Co-Existence 5. Disaster in 1955 Part 2. The Era of Functionalism, 1955-1963 6. The Search for a Long-Term Strategy 7. New Security Problems 8. Functionalism in Action 9. The Limits of Functionalism: Security and Detente 10. The Regional Aspect of Functionalism: Yugoslavia, Turkey and Cyprus Part 3. The Era of Multiple Fronts, 1963-67 9. Facing New Challenges 12. Multiple Fronts 13. Maximalism and Dead-End: The Cyprus Entanglement 14. The Effort to Adjust Greece’s Eastern Policy. Conclusion

About the author

Evanthis Hatzivassiliou received his Ph.D. in International History from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1992. He is associate professor of Contemporary History at the Department of History, University of Athens. He is the editor of the ‘Modern and Contemporary History’ series of Patakis Publications (Athens), a member of the Greek-Turkish Forum, and member of the Consultative Committee of the Foundation for Parliamentarianism and Democracy of the Greek Parliament. He has published six books.

Summary

This is a comprehensive new account of Greece's Cold War policy covering the key period from the country’s accession to NATO in 1952 until the imposition of the colonels’ dictatorship in 1967.

Product details

• Authors: Evanthis Hatzivassiliou, Evanthis (University of Athens Hatzivassiliou, Hatzivassiliou Evanthis
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.11.2011
• EAN: 9780415512527
• ISBN: 978-0-415-51252-7
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Cold War History; Cold War History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, General & world history, Politics & government, Warfare & defence, Politics and government, Peace studies and conflict resolution, General and world history, Warfare and defence, Peace studies & conflict resolution, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General