The United States and the making of modern Greece : history and power, 1950-1974 / James Edward Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, James Edward.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--Greece.

United States.

Greece--Foreign relations--United States.

Greece.

Greece--Politics and government--1935-1967.

Greece--Politics and government--1967-1974.

Greece--Foreign relations--Cyprus.

Cyprus--Foreign relations--Greece.

Cyprus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

United States & the making of modern Greece

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-294) and index.

ISBN:

979-88-908830-3-2

979-88-9313-319-6

1-4696-0600-3

0-8078-8794-3

OCLC:

499141980