The Greek Junta Phenomenon: A Professor's Notes Tapa dura - 2004

New York: Pella Publishing Company, 2004 Book. New. Soft cover. First Edition.. "'Greeces twentieth-century history, not unlike that of a large portion of the rest of Europe, has been marked by frequent wars, economic underdevelopment, deep political fissures, political clientelism, and frequent as well as competing foreign intervention in the country's domestic affairs. In political science terms, the countrys democratic system was less than consolidated, in the sense that it was marked by frequent military intervention in politics. This book reconstructs Greeces melancholy political landscape during the dark years of the colonels dictatorship. The author conducted scores of interviews with prominent political figures (e.g., Constantine Karamanlis, Andreas Papandreou, Panayiotis Kanellopoulos, Constantine Mitsotakis, Mikis Theodorakis, Georgios Mavros, Archbishop Makarios and former King Constantine). He also met with some functionaries representing the Greek junta and with a number of… Leer más

Pella Pub Co, 2004-12. Paperback. Good.