{"product_id":"the-greek-military-dictatorship-revisiting-a-troubled-past-1967-1974-9781800731745","title":"The Greek Military Dictatorship: Revisiting a","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tFrom 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, \u003cem\u003eThe Greek Military Dictatorship\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is … collective work … focuses both on foreign relations as well as domestic matters such as economics, ideology, religion, culture, and education. Most of its contributors belong to a younger generation of Greek academics who offer a well-researched, updated account of a contested national story. Their prose is concise, clear, and fluent, and the format of their work is reader friendly.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• International Journal of Military History and Historiography\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Published in the 200th anniversary year of the revolution that launched Greece as a modern European nation-state, this book examines in unprecedented depth and breadth one of the most backward-looking episodes of the country’s history. Contributors from an impressive range of disciplines deploy their expertise to make sense of this bizarre anomaly in the history of both modern Greece and the Cold War western alliance.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Roderick Beaton\u003c\/strong\u003e, King’s College London\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“No other book on the Greek military dictatorship has taken such a multi-disciplinary approach. The volume is substantively rich, diverse in content, well-researched, and timely.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Neovi Karakatsanis\u003c\/strong\u003e, Indiana University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tForeword and Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Greek Military Junta’s Exceptionalism in a Historical and Comparative Perspectives\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eOthon Anastasakis and Katerina Lagos\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart I: Historical and Ideological Background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Greek Army in Politics, 1935–67\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAndré Gerolymatos\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Political and Ideological Origins of the Ethnosotirios Epanastasis\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKaterina Lagos\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Domestic Affairs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Economic Policy under the Greek Dictatorship\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAndreas Kakridis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Foreign Investment under the Greek Military Regime: The American Experience\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eNicholas James Kalogerakos\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e “Patient in a Cast”: How the Greek Military Regime Traumatised Education\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eOthon Anastasakis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Can Dead Poets Speak Back?: C. P. Cavafy, Cold War Propaganda, and the Greek Dictatorship\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eFoteini Dimirouli\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Religion Enchained: The Church of Greece under the Military Junta\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eCharalampos Andreopoulos and Athanasios Grammenos\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart III: External Affairs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Uneasy Alliances: Archbishop Iakovos and the Greek Colonels’ Dictatorship\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAlexander Kitroeff\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Uncle Sam Regrets: The United States and the Greek Coup of April 1967\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJames Edward Miller\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e Britain, Europe, and the Greek Junta: “Business as Usual”\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAlexandros Nafpliotis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e West Germany’s Policy toward Greece during the Junta-Period in the Context of “Burden-Sharing”\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMogens Pelt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Greek Military Regime and the Cyprus Question\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJohn Sakkas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusions:\u003c\/strong\u003e The 1974 Moment of Rupture and the Legacies of a Discredited Past\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eOthon Anastasakis and Katerina Lagos\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042741256535,"sku":"9781800731745","price":112.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781800731745.jpg?v=1750955420","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-greek-military-dictatorship-revisiting-a-troubled-past-1967-1974-9781800731745","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}