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Author Keeley, Robert V., author.

Title The colonels' coup and the American embassy : a diplomat's view of the breakdown of democracy in Cold War Greece / Robert V. Keeley ; with a prologue by John O. Iatrides.

Publication Info. University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xxviii, 274 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series
ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction with dramatis personae -- Setting the scene -- The author gets involved -- The days before the coup -- The coup -- Reacting to the coup -- Dealing with the new government -- Andreas Papandreou and prospects for democracy -- The countercoup -- Assessing the colonels' regime -- Friction at the embassy -- Looking to the future of Greece -- Final thoughts.
Summary "A first-hand account, by a U.S. diplomat, of the 1967 military coup in Greece, and of how U.S. policy was formulated, debated, and implemented during this period. Explores Greek-U.S. relations within the larger historical framework of the Cold War"--Provided by publisher
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Subject Keeley, Robert V.
Keeley, Robert V.
Keeley, Robert V.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Greece.
United States.
International relations.
Greece.
Greece -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Greece -- History -- Coup d'état, 1967 (April 21)
Greece -- Politics and government -- 1967-1974.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1967-1974
Subject Democracy -- Greece -- History -- 20th century.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Greece -- History -- 20th century.
Cold War -- Diplomatic history.
Cold War (1945-1989)
Diplomatic history.
Democracy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
Diplomatic and consular service, American.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political.
Diplomacy.
Diplomatic relations.
Coup d'état (Greece : 1967 April 21)
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Keeley, Robert V. Colonels' coup and the American embassy. University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2010 9780271037585 (DLC) 2010029013 (OCoLC)649418897
ISBN 9780271056760 (electronic book)
0271056762 (electronic book)
9780271055374 (electronic book)
0271055375 (electronic book)
027105011X
9780271050119
027105610X
9780271056104
9780271037585
027103758X
Standard No. 10.1515/9780271056760