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Britain, Greece and the Colonels, 1967-74: Between Pragmatism and Human Rights
Konstantina Maragkou
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Paperback. Britain's murky relationship with the Greek dictatorship is revealed in this important new study. Series: LSE Hellenic Observatory Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJD; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 750.
The long history of Anglo-Greek relations has deservedly attracted much attention. One of its most controversial - yet least explored - phases was that spanning the Greek Colonels' seven-year military junta, from 1967-74. Drawing on a corpus of diverse, original and largely primary material, Maragkou provides a comprehensive analysis of British policy towards Greece during this tumultuous era. Not only does she contribute to the historiography of Anglo- Greek relations, but her book also serves as a case study of British foreign policy within the Cold War. And by demonstrating that national history can be best understood by analysing the relationship between a nation state and factors beyond its control, the conclusions drawn can be applied beyond the strictly regional or the exclusively bi- lateral, as they also fit into a transnational para- digm. It was in the 1960s when what we now term 'globalisation' was in full swing. Henceforward, no nation - and no foreign office - was an is- land: it was part of a whole, in which both state and non-state actors internationally played their part in the evolution of thinking on foreign affairs. Here is the key to understanding the tortuous history of Britain and the Greek Colonels - one that has many echoes in our own time.
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Series
LSE Hellenic Observatory Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849043656
SKU
V9781849043656
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About Konstantina Maragkou
LSE Hellenic Observatory Series, K. Featherstone and D. Papadimitriou (eds) Konstantina Maragkou is a lecturer in History at Yale University. She received her PhD and MPhil in History from the University of Cambridge and a BA in Modern History, Economic History and Politics from the University of London.
Reviews for Britain, Greece and the Colonels, 1967-74: Between Pragmatism and Human Rights
‘Maragkou tells a good story based on fairly recently released Foreign Office papers and numerous interviews with now elderly participants in the policy and diplomatic processes.’
Times Literary Supplement 'This is an illuminating book that describes vividly democratic Britain's pragmatic foreign policy vis-a-vis the Greek military junta. Based on rich archival work, it exposes the limitations of realpolitik in action.'
Othon Anastasakis, Director of South East European Studies at Oxford 'An amply researched monograph covering an important period of Anglo-Greek relations. Maragkou deftly presents the dilemmas and tasks facing three successive British governments during the period of Greece's military dictatorship, and addresses the perennial conflict between pragmatism and principles.'
I.D. Stefanidis, Professor of Diplomatic History, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Times Literary Supplement 'This is an illuminating book that describes vividly democratic Britain's pragmatic foreign policy vis-a-vis the Greek military junta. Based on rich archival work, it exposes the limitations of realpolitik in action.'
Othon Anastasakis, Director of South East European Studies at Oxford 'An amply researched monograph covering an important period of Anglo-Greek relations. Maragkou deftly presents the dilemmas and tasks facing three successive British governments during the period of Greece's military dictatorship, and addresses the perennial conflict between pragmatism and principles.'
I.D. Stefanidis, Professor of Diplomatic History, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki