Stirring the Greek nation : political culture, irredentism and anti-Americanism in post-war Greece, 1945-1967 / Ioannis D. Stefanidis.

Author/creator Stephanidēs, Giannēs D.
Format Book
Publication InfoAldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2007.
Descriptionxiv, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Political culture--Greece.
Nationalism--Greece.
Anti-Americanism--Greece.
Greece--Politics and government. --1935-1967.
Greece--Foreign relations.

Contents Introduction -- Domestic factors and foreign policy -- Greek political culture -- Non-state actors -- Greek foreign policy : the domestic nexus -- Greek political culture after World War II -- Foreign policy-making in post-civil war Greece -- The post-war irredentist revival -- The restitution of the nation -- The 'national claims' activism, 1945-1946 -- The irredentist legacy : the northern Epirus question -- The first Cyprus campaign -- The Cyprus question, 1950-1959 -- The 'national centre' theory -- The 'keystone' of Greek politics -- 'Relentless struggle' versus 'defeatism' -- The opportunity for the left -- The ambiguous relation to anti-colonialism -- Compromise and its critics -- Popular mobilization -- The political culture of Enosis -- Enosis and the post-civil war political discourse -- The rhetoric of the Enosis campaign -- The negative 'other' -- Dissenters -- Reactions to dissent -- Political leaders -- The second Cyprus campaign -- The Cyprus crisis, 1963-1964 -- The revival of Ensosis -- Public discourse -- Popular mobilization - A 'Greek' foreign policy? -- The Cyprus question and the origins of anti-Americanism -- The end of a (not so) beautiful friendship -- The 'American factor' -- The record of intervention -- Extraterritoriality -- The beacon of freedom -- The collapse of an idol -- The growth of anti-Americanism -- The neutralist tide -- Greek reactions -- US perceptions -- Discontent and the impact of the second Cyprus crisis -- The leftist challenge -- Centrist discontent -- A fez for L.B. Johnson -- The proud 'no' -- The aftereffect -- The American 'conspiracy' -- (National) pride and prejudice -- Cultural and racial stereotypes -- Americanization and cultural anti-Americanism -- Surveys -- Survey tables -- Epilogue.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [281]-295) and index.
LCCN 2006033459
ISBN9780754660590 (alk. paper)
ISBN0754660591 (alk. paper)