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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828853803321

Autore

Keeley Robert V.

Titolo

The colonels' coup and the American embassy : a diplomat's view of the breakdown of democracy in Cold War Greece / / Robert V. Keeley ; with a prologue by John O. Iatrides

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2010]

©2010

ISBN

0-271-05676-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxviii, 274 p. )

Collana

ADST-DACOR Diplomats and Diplomacy Series

Disciplina

321.809

Soggetti

Democracy - Greece - History - 20th century

Diplomatic and consular service, American - Greece - Diplomatic history - 20th century

United States Foreign relations Greece

Greece Foreign relations United States

Greece History Coup d'état, 1967 (April 21)

Greece Politics and government 1967-1974

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PROLOGUE -- ONE INTRODUCTION WITH DRAMATIS PERSONAE -- TWO SETTING THE SCENE -- THREE THE AUTHOR GETS INVOLVED -- FOUR THE DAYS BEFORE THE COUP -- FIVE THE COUP -- SIX REACTING TO THE COUP -- SEVEN DEALING WITH THE NEW GOVERNMENT -- EIGHT ANDREAS PAPANDREOU AND PROSPECTS FOR DEMOCRACY -- NINE THE COUNTERCOUP -- TEN ASSESSING THE COLONELS’ REGIME -- ELEVEN FRICTION AT THE EMBASSY -- TWELVE LOOKING TO THE FUTURE OF GREECE -- THIRTEEN FINAL THOUGHTS -- APPENDIX A SEFERIS AND THE CLINTON SPEECH -- APPENDIX B INTERNAL EMBASSY MEMORANDA, MARCH–JUNE 1968 -- NOTES -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

"A first-hand account, by a U.S. diplomat, of the 1967 military coup in Greece, and of how U.S. policy was formulated, debated, and implemented during this period. Explores Greek-U.S. relations within



the larger historical framework of the Cold War"--Provided by publisher.