Overview
Explores the contentious and complicated question of American involvement in the Greek dictatorship of 1967-1974.
Examines the complexity of the U.S.-Greek relationship during the Cold War.
Presents a nuanced understanding of the actors, strategies, and interests involved in America’s foreign-policy making towards a strategically important political and military ally during a period of intense superpower competition.
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Reviews
“This pithy, pioneering volume is the first serious scholarly attempt to evaluate and assess United States policy toward the Greek praetorian regime (1967-1974).” (Constantine P. Danopoulos, Professor and President’s Scholar, San Jose State University, USA)
“Based on declassified documents, the book is an important addition to the literature on post-WWII Greece and Greek-US relations.” (Van Coufoudakis, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Indiana University-Fort Wayne, USA)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Neovi M. Karakatsanis is Professor of Political Science at Indiana University South Bend, USA. Her work has appeared in South European Society and Politics, Armed Forces and Society, Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Democratization, and Mediterranean Quarterly, and she is the author of The Politics of Elite Transformation: The Consolidation of Greek Democracy in Theoretical Perspective. She is currently coeditor (with Jonathan Swarts) of Political and Military Sociology: An Annual Review.
Jonathan Swarts is Professor of Political Science at Purdue University Northwest, USA. He has published in such journals as the Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Mediterranean Quarterly, and Political Studies and is the author of Constructing Neoliberalism: The Transformation of Economic Ideas in Anglo-American Democracies. He is currently coeditor (with Neovi M. Karakatsanis) of Political and Military Sociology: An Annual Review.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: American Foreign Policy Towards the Colonels' Greece
Book Subtitle: Uncertain Allies and the 1967 Coup d’État
Authors: Neovi M. Karakatsanis, Jonathan Swarts
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52318-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-52317-4Published: 07 May 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95910-5Published: 10 December 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-52318-1Published: 05 May 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 232
Topics: Foreign Policy