Greece's "Ostpolitik" : dealing with the "Devil" / Andreas Stergiou.
2021
DF787.E852
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Title
Greece's "Ostpolitik" : dealing with the "Devil" / Andreas Stergiou.
Author
Stergiou, Andreas, author.
ISBN
9783030611293 (electronic bk.)
3030611299 (electronic bk.)
3030611280
9783030611286
9783030611286
3030611280
3030611299 (electronic bk.)
3030611280
9783030611286
9783030611286
3030611280
Published
Cham : Springer, [2021]
Copyright
©2021
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
9783030611286
10.1007/978-3-030-61129-3 doi
10.1007/978-3-030-61129-3 doi
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DF787.E852
Dewey Decimal Classification
327.495047
Summary
The book examines the rapprochement between Greece and Eastern Europe during the Cold War. ''Ostpolitik'', which translates to Opening to the East is used to describe the policy of conducting affairs with the Soviet Bloc. Using primary sources from Greece, Eastern European States, Cyprus, NATO, the United States, Germany and United Kingdom, this book provides historical and foreign policy analysis of a tumultuous period in the Eastern Mediterranean. The book first illustrates Greece's position in the Cold War confrontation before moving to more detailed analysis of the Eastern Bloc's policies towards Greece and Cyprus with an emphasis in the harmonious relationship between the Greek military dictatorship and the Communist countries (1967-1974). It analyses the U-turn in Greek foreign and defence policy and the replacement of the Communist ''devil'' by a new one, an equally capitalist country and NATO-ally, Turkey. The book also covers Greece's efforts to elicit the Communist countries' support against a member of its own Western alliance, as well as the NATO response to this existential threat against its coherence. A comprehensive study of the East-West competition in South-Eastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean during the Cold War, this volume is ideal for researchers and students interested in the international relations of twentieth century Europe and the historical background of the still hot Greek-Turkish Conflict.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: The Theoretical and Analytical Framework
Greece's Security Problems in the Cold War
Greece and Eastern Europe in the 1950s and 1960s
The Cyprus Problem as Variable in the Soviet Bloc's Policy in the Eastern Mediterranean
The Unholy Alliance: Athens Military Regime's Ties with the Communist Bloc
The Ostpolitik in the Context of the Country's Multidimensional Foreign Policy in the 1970s
PASOK's Foreign Policy Course Towards the Socialist Countries in the 1980s
Conclusions.
Greece's Security Problems in the Cold War
Greece and Eastern Europe in the 1950s and 1960s
The Cyprus Problem as Variable in the Soviet Bloc's Policy in the Eastern Mediterranean
The Unholy Alliance: Athens Military Regime's Ties with the Communist Bloc
The Ostpolitik in the Context of the Country's Multidimensional Foreign Policy in the 1970s
PASOK's Foreign Policy Course Towards the Socialist Countries in the 1980s
Conclusions.