Britain, the US and Greece After World War II

Anglo-American Relations and the Cold War

Spero Simeon Z. Paravantes (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2018
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-78831-041-3 (ISBN)

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After World 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, which was in the midst of a civil war. Through an in-depth study of Anglo-American diplomacy in Greece from 1946-50, Spero Simeon Z. Paravantes reveals how the relationship between Britain and the US developed in this formative period. He argues that, in many ways, Britain used the fast-escalating tensions of (what would become) the Cold War to direct and manipulate US policy in Greece, encouraging the Americans to take a more active role and (essentially) take Britain's place in the region. In the process, he sheds fresh light onto how the American experience in Greece contributed to the formulation of the Truman Doctrine, the infamous NSC-68 document and the ultimate birth of the Cold War.
Drawing on a wide range of sources from Britain, the US, Greece and across the Balkans, Paravantes has produced the first book to focus on this crucial period in such close detail, and reveals the ways in which various foreign and domestic concerns coincided at a pivotal moment of twentieth century history. This book is essential reading for all scholars looking to gain fresh insight into post-WWII Greece, the Anglo-American alliance and the complex origins of the Cold War.

Spero Simeon Z. Paravantes is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of European Studies, University of California, Berkeley and also holds posts at the University of Luxembourg and the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan. He completed his PhD at the University of Macedonia and has published in peer-reviewed journals on the Greek Civil War and early Cold War international relations.

ChronologyPrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: Historical Background - British relations with Greece and the United States until June 1945Chapter 2: Superpower Shuffle: The Potsdam Conference and Inter-Allied ConfrontationsChapter 3: A new era of American intervention: the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan and the beginning of the Cold WarChapter 4: 'Please don't go!' British Propaganda and American Intervention in GreeceChapter 5: The Tide Turns - The end of the Greek Civil War and the Acknowledged supremacy of the United StatesChapter 6: Detente and the Revelation of the New World OrderConclusion and Future StudiesGlossaryBibliography

Erscheinungsdatum	25.07.2019
Reihe/Serie	International Library of Twentieth Century History
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-78831-041-1 / 1788310411
ISBN-13	978-1-78831-041-3 / 9781788310413
Zustand	Neuware