American influence in Greece, 1917-1929 / Louis P. Cassimatis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cassimatis, Louis P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greco-Turkish War, 1921-1922--Diplomatic history.

Greco-Turkish War, 1921-1922.

Greece--Relations--United States.

Greece.

United States--Relations--Greece.

United States.

Greece--History--1917-1944.

United States--History--1919-1933.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (315 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, c1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The diplomatic relations between Greece and the United States in the interwar period have received scant attention from historians, primarily because of the non-political and non-military role of the United States in that part of the world prior to the Second World War. The American presence in Greece after 1917, however, would be fundamental to the social and economic development of the Greek nation, while American influence would eventually permeate all levels of Greek society. Dr. Cassimatis offers the first, full-length account of this formative period in the history of Greek-American diplomacy. The issues separating the governments of the United States and Greece in the 1920s were simultaneously self-contained and international in scope. For Greece, they were self-contained because they involved solutions to domestic problems affecting the welfare--indeed, the survival--of the Greek nation. Internationally, they were interconnected because efforts to bring about their resolution contributed to an American entanglement in the Near-East policies of Great Britain, France and Italy. Thus, American loans, commercial aggrandizement, the inroads of American capital, philanthropy, and cultural relations were but components of a larger diplomatic setting in which the interests of the United States came into conflict with the interests of the Western European powers.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. The Rise of American Influence in Greece

2. The United States and the First Abdication of Constantine

3. The Tripartite Loan of 1918

4. Political Relations from the Fall of Venizelos to the Destruction of Smyrna, 1920-1922

5. Constantine and the Forced Loan of 1922

6. Political Relations from the Destruction of Smyrna to the Promulgation of the Greek Republic, 1922-1924

7. Refugee Settlement: American Philanthropy in Action

8. The United States and the Establishment of the Refugee Settlement Commission

9. Financing the Settlement of the Refugees: The Refugee Loan of 1924

10. Public Works in Greece and the Role of American Capital

11. The United States and the Refugee and Stabilization Loan of 1928

Epilogue

Appendixes

A. The Tripartite Loan of 1918

B. Protocol Relating to the Settlement of Refugees in Greece

C. Organic Statutes of the Greek Refugees Settlement Commission

D. Members of the Refugee Settlement Commission

E. Balkan Peace: The Influence of American Economic Participation via Greece

F. Letter from Morgenthau to Hull

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61277-013-4

0-585-29206-X

OCLC:

45730504