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The Greek Military Dictatorship : Revisiting a Troubled Past, 1967–1974 / ed. by Katerina Lagos, Othon Anastasakis.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (398 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781800731745
  • 9781800731752
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 949.507/5 23/eng/20231120
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction. The Greek Military Junta’s Exceptionalism in Historical and Comparative Perspectives -- Part I. Historical and Ideological Background -- 1. The Greek Army in Politics, 1909–67 -- 2. The Political and Ideological Origins of the Ethnosotirios Epanastasis -- Part II. Domestic Affairs -- 3. Economic Policy under the Greek Dictatorship Appendix: Data Sources -- 4. Foreign Investment under the Greek Military Regime: The American Experience -- 5. “Patient in a Cast”: How the Greek Military Regime Traumatized Education -- 6. Can Dead Poets Speak Back? C. P. Cavafy, Cold War Propaganda, and the Greek Dictatorship -- 7. Religion Enchained: The Church of Greece under the Military Junta -- Part III. External Affairs -- 8. Uneasy Alliances: Archbishop Iakovos and the Greek Colonels’ Dictatorship -- 9. Uncle Sam Regrets: The United States and the Greek Coup of April 1967 -- 10. Britain, Europe, and the Greek Junta: “Business as Usual” -- 11. West Germany’s Policy toward Greece during the Junta Period in the Context of “Burden-Sharing” -- 12. The Greek Military Regime and the Cyprus Question -- Conclusions. The 1974 Moment of Rupture and the Legacies of a Discredited Past -- Index
Summary: From 1967 to 1974, the military junta ruling Greece attempted a dramatic reshaping of the nation, implementing ideas and policies that left a lasting mark on both domestic affairs and international relations. Bringing together leading scholars from a range of disciplines, The Greek Military Dictatorship explores the junta’s attempts to impose authoritarian rule upon a rapidly modernizing country while navigating a complex international landscape. Focusing both on foreign relations as well as domestic matters such as economics, ideology, religion, culture and education, this book offers a fresh and well-researched study of a key period in modern Greek history.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction. The Greek Military Junta’s Exceptionalism in Historical and Comparative Perspectives -- Part I. Historical and Ideological Background -- 1. The Greek Army in Politics, 1909–67 -- 2. The Political and Ideological Origins of the Ethnosotirios Epanastasis -- Part II. Domestic Affairs -- 3. Economic Policy under the Greek Dictatorship Appendix: Data Sources -- 4. Foreign Investment under the Greek Military Regime: The American Experience -- 5. “Patient in a Cast”: How the Greek Military Regime Traumatized Education -- 6. Can Dead Poets Speak Back? C. P. Cavafy, Cold War Propaganda, and the Greek Dictatorship -- 7. Religion Enchained: The Church of Greece under the Military Junta -- Part III. External Affairs -- 8. Uneasy Alliances: Archbishop Iakovos and the Greek Colonels’ Dictatorship -- 9. Uncle Sam Regrets: The United States and the Greek Coup of April 1967 -- 10. Britain, Europe, and the Greek Junta: “Business as Usual” -- 11. West Germany’s Policy toward Greece during the Junta Period in the Context of “Burden-Sharing” -- 12. The Greek Military Regime and the Cyprus Question -- Conclusions. The 1974 Moment of Rupture and the Legacies of a Discredited Past -- Index

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From 1967 to 1974, the military junta ruling Greece attempted a dramatic reshaping of the nation, implementing ideas and policies that left a lasting mark on both domestic affairs and international relations. Bringing together leading scholars from a range of disciplines, The Greek Military Dictatorship explores the junta’s attempts to impose authoritarian rule upon a rapidly modernizing country while navigating a complex international landscape. Focusing both on foreign relations as well as domestic matters such as economics, ideology, religion, culture and education, this book offers a fresh and well-researched study of a key period in modern Greek history.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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