Blame it on Kissinger? The international factor and the failure of the "Markezinis Experiment". Issue 1 (2nd January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tzortzis, Ioannis
• Is Part Of: Mediterranean historical review. Volume 32:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 65
• Page End: 82
• Publication Date: 2017-01-02
• Subjects: Greece -- dictatorship -- democratic transition -- USA -- "Markezinis Experiment"; Mediterranean Region -- History -- Periodicals; 909.09822
• DOI: 10.1080/09518967.2017.1314922
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0951-8967

Abstract

Abstract : The aborted 1967 attempt of the dictatorship to transform itself into some form of democracy has generally been under-researched, and even more so with regard to its international implications. And yet, the issue of foreign influences on the "Markezinis Experiment" has been given excessive weight – first and foremost by the protagonist himself, who blamed his failure and downfall on negative American interference – namely on the then US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's adversarial stance. Based on the examination of the international context in three main frameworks – namely its relations with the United States, Europe and the Cyprus issue – this article seeks to give an answer to the question of the foreign factor's impact on the failure of the "experiment".