Britain and the Greek colonels : accommodating the Junta in the Cold War /
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Corporate Author: | |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London New York,
I.B. Tauris,
|
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: The Labour government's policy towards the Colonels, 1967-68: Setting the tone - The first traces - 1967: A coup, a war and a conference - Trouble in Cyprus - Royal blues - 1968: 'Business as usual' - International dimension
- Chapter 2: The Labour government's policy towards the Colonels, 1969-70: a 'new era of relations' - 1969: Council of Europe vs. NATO - The Kotronis case - 1970: 'The pendulum is swinging too wide for comfort' - A note on Cyprus
- Chapter 3: The Conservative government's policy towards the Colonels, 1970: continuity vs. change - 'Painful dilemmas' - A Mediterranean 'powder keg' - Troubled waters - 'As much business as possible'
- Chapter 4: The Conservative government's policy towards the Colonels, 1971: messages, meetings and visits - Extremists and 'policy of scold' - The bridge - Papadopoulos' doubts reappear - The quest for a new spirit in relations
- Chapter 5: The Conservative government's policy towards the Colonels, 1972: towards a new direction? - An inconclusive year - Beware of Greeks bearing gifts - Pragmatism prevails
- Chapter 6: The Conservative government's policy towards the Colonels, 1973: overtaken by events - 'Europeanisation' of Anglo-Greek relations - The three epochs of relations - Recognition unbound - The 'referendum'
- Chapter 7: The Conservatives, the experiment that failed, and the hardliners coup, September-December 1973 - To encourage or not to encourage - The 'invisible dictator' and the 'Greek Calends' - The effects of anti-Americanism
- Chapter 8: Conservatives, Labour and the junta, 1974: the endgame - Taking the heat - The US card - 'A proper working relationship' - Diplomacy over the Aegean - Cyprus - Endgame
- Conclusion