The United States and the making of modern Greece : history and power, 1950-1974 / / James Edward Miller
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| Autore: |
Miller James Edward
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| Titolo: |
The United States and the making of modern Greece : history and power, 1950-1974 / / James Edward Miller
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| Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 327.73049509/04 |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Foreign relations Greece |
| Greece Foreign relations United States | |
| Greece Politics and government 1935-1967 | |
| Greece Politics and government 1967-1974 | |
| Greece Foreign relations Cyprus | |
| Cyprus Foreign relations Greece | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-294) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface; Abbreviations in the Text; Introduction: Manifest Destiny Meets the Megali Idea; 1 The Greek Tar Baby, 1950-1953; 2 No Report from Cyprus Is Ever Cheerful, 1950-1959; 3 The Right, 1953-1963; 4 Black Mak: Cyprus, 1960-1964; 5 Coup d'État, 1964-1967; 6 The Andreas Version, 1967-1973; 7 Dancing with the Dictators, 1969-1974; 8 A Perfect Storm: Cyprus, 1967-1974; Epilogue: The Andreas Era; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Focusing on one of the most dramatic and controversial periods in modern Greek history and in the history of the Cold War, James Edward Miller provides the first study to employ a wide range of international archives--American, Greek, English, and French--together with foreign language publications to shed light on the role the United States played in Greece between the termination of its civil war in 1949 and Turkey's 1974 invasion of Cyprus.Miller demonstrates how U.S. officials sought, over a period of twenty-five years, to cultivate Greece as a strategic Cold War ally in order to c |
| Altri titoli varianti: | United States & the making of modern Greece |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The United States and the making of modern Greece |
| ISBN: | 979-88-9313-319-6 |
| 1-4696-0600-3 | |
| 0-8078-8794-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910820638303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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