‘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 ... Read moreaction.'
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 Show Less