Stirring the Greek nation : political culture, irredentism and anti-Americanism in post-war Greece, 1945-1967 /: political culture, irredentism and anti-Americanism in post-war Greece, 1945-1967. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ioannis D. Stefanidis.
• Other Names: Stephanidēs, Giannēs D
• Contents: Introduction -- Domestic factors and foreign policy -- Greek political culture -- Cultural dualism and its critics -- The nation and its past: ancestors' cult, continuity, mission and martyrdom -- The nation and its religion -- Irredentism -- The abortive reorientation -- Non-state actors -- The clientelistic framework -- Pressure groups -- The diaspora -- Greek foreign policy: the domestic nexus -- Greek political culture after World War II -- An imperilled nation -- Ethnikophrosyni -- Ellinohristianismos -- A superior race? -- "National character" -- The "ideals of the nation" -- A nationalist, anti-capitalist public? -- Foreign policy-making in post-civil war Greece -- The post-war irredentist revival -- The restitution of the nation -- The "national claims" activism, 1945-46 -- The irredentist legacy: the Northern Epirus question -- The first Cyprus campaign -- The Cyprus question, 1950-9 -- The "national centre" theory -- The "keystone" of Greek politics -- "Relentless struggle" versus "defeatism" -- The opportunity for the left -- The ambiguous relation to anti-colonialism -- Compromise and its critics -- Popular mobilization -- The political culture of Enosis -- Enosis and the post-civil war political discourse -- The rhetoric of the Enosis campaign -- The negative "other" -- Dissenters -- Reactions to dissent -- Political leaders -- The second Cyprus campaign -- The Cyprus crisis, 1963-4 -- The revival of Enosis -- Public discourse -- Popular mobilization -- A "greek" foreign policy? -- The Cyprus question and the origins of anti-Americanism -- The end of a (not so) beautiful friendship -- The "American factor" -- The record of intervention -- Extraterritoriality -- The beacon of freedom -- The collapse of an idol -- The growth of anti-Americanism -- The neutralist tide -- Greek reactions -- US perceptions -- Discontent and the impact of the second Cyprus crisis -- The leftist challenge -- Centrist discontent -- A fez for L.B. Johnson -- The proud "no" -- The aftereffect -- The American "conspiracy" -- (National) pride and prejudice -- Cultural and racial stereotypes -- Americanization and cultural anti-Americanism -- Surveys -- Epilogue -- Sources.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (316 pages)
• Subjects: 949.5074; Political culture -- Greece; Nationalism -- Greece; Anti-Americanism -- Greece; Greece -- Politics and government -- 1935-1967; Greece -- Foreign relations
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351897884; 1351897888
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