Britain and the United States in Greece
Subtitle: Anglo-American Relations and the Origins of the Cold War
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc; Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2020
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781788310413
Subjects: Cold war; Greece, history, 20th century; Great britain, politics and government, 1945-; United states, politics and government, 1945-1953; Great britain, foreign relations, united states; United states, foreign relations, great britain; Greece, foreign relations, great britain; United states, foreign relations, greece; Greece, foreign relations
Description: "For the first time, Britain and the United States in Greece provides an in-depth analysis of Anglo-American diplomacy in Greece from 1946 to 1950. After Word 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. Spero Simeon Z. Paravantes reveals how the relationship between Britain and the US developed in this formative period, arguing that Britain used the fast-escalating tensions of the Cold War to direct US policy in Greece and encourage the Americans to take a more active role - effectively taking Britain's place - in the region. In the process, Paravantes sheds new light on how the American experience in Greece contributed to the formulation of the Truman Doctrine and the containment of communism, the structure of Greek institutions, and ultimately, the birth of the Cold War. Drawing on a wide range of sources from Britain, the US, Greece and the Balkans, this book is essential reading for all scholars looking to gain fresh insight into the complex origins of the Cold War, 20th-century Anglo-American relations, and the history of modern Greece"--