Britain and the United States in Greece

Anglo-American Relations and the Origins of the Cold War

Spero Simeon Z. Paravantes (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

254 Seiten

2022
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-21553-5 (ISBN)

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For the first time, Britain and the United States in Greece provides an in-depth analysis of Anglo-American diplomacy in Greece from 1946 to 1950. After Word War II, as Europe floundered economically, British Prime Minister Clement Attlee looked to disengage Britain from some of its broad international obligations and increase American support for its new foreign agenda. One place he sought to do so was in Greece.

Spero Simeon Z. Paravantes reveals how the relationship between Britain and the US developed in this formative period, arguing that Britain used the fast-escalating tensions of the Cold War to direct US policy in Greece and encourage the Americans to take a more active role – effectively taking Britain’s place – in the region. In the process, Paravantes sheds new light on how the American experience in Greece contributed to the formulation of the Truman Doctrine and the containment of communism, the structure of Greek institutions, and ultimately, the birth of the Cold War.

Drawing on a wide range of sources from Britain, the US, Greece and the Balkans, this book is essential reading for all scholars looking to gain fresh insight into the complex origins of the Cold War, 20th-century Anglo-American relations, and the history of modern Greece.

Spero Simeon Z. Paravantes is Lecturer in International History and the History of International Relations at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, and a Senior Fellow at the Institute of European Studies, University of California, Berkeley, USA.

List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Note on the Text
List of Acronyms
Introduction
1. Historical Background: British Relations with Greece and the United States until June 1945
2. The Aftermath of Varkiza and Inter-Allied Confrontations
3. A New Era of American Intervention: The Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan and the Beginning of the Cold War
4. ‘Paved with Good Intentions’: British Influence and American Intervention in Greece
5. The Tide Turns: The End of the Greek Civil War and the Supremacy of the United States
6. Détente and the Revelation of the New World Order
Conclusion
Epilogue
Appendix: Chronology
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	06.04.2022
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-350-21553-8 / 1350215538
ISBN-13	978-1-350-21553-5 / 9781350215535
Zustand	Neuware