Greek Junta and the International System

<p>This book examines the international dimensions of the Greek military dictatorship of 1967 to 1974 and uses it as a case study to evaluate the major shifts occurring in the international system during a period of rapid change.</p><p>The policies of the major nation-states in both East and West were determined by realistic Cold War considerations. At the same time the Greek junta a profoundly anti-modernist force failed to cope with an evolving international agenda and the movement towards international cooperation. Denouncing it became a rallying point both for international organizations and for human rights activists and it enabled the EEC to underscore the notion that democracy was an integral characteristic of the European identity.</p><p>This volume is an original in-depth study of an under-researched subject and the multiple interactions of a complex era. It is divided into three sections: Part I deals with the interaction of the Colonels with state actors; Part II deals with the responses of international organizations and the rising transnational human rights agenda for which the Greek junta became a totemic rallying point; and Part III compares and contrasts the transitions to democracy in Southern Europe and analyses the different models of transition and region-building and how they intersected with attempts to foster a European identity. The Greek dictatorship may have been a parochial military regime but its rise and fall interacted with signifi cant international trends and can therefore serve as a salient case study for promoting a better understanding of international and European trends during the 1960s and 1970s.</p><p>This book will be of much interest to students of Cold War studies international history foreign policy transatlantic relations and International Relations in general.</p>