Greece and the Cold War: Front Line State, 1952-1967

The book deals with Greek policy in the cold war from the country's accession to NATO in 1952 until the imposition of the colonels dictatorship in 1967. The book is divided in three parts: 1952-55; 1955-63; 1963-67. Each part deals with Greek foreign policy analysis; threat perception; the NATO connection (including Greek-US relations, the rise of anti-Americanism in 1955-58 and in 1964-67, the economic dimension of security and the issue of US military aid); Greek policy towards the Soviet bloc; and the regional dimension, mainly Greek policy towards Turkey and Yugoslavia, and (for the 1964-67 years) the Cyprus crisis which greatly complicated Greek security obligations.

Evanthis Hatzivassiliou is assistant professor or Contemporary History at the University of Athens.