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Their ‘Apple of Discord’ or the Apple of Their Eye: How the British Secured Eastern Mediterranean and Western European Security, 1947-1948
Paravantis, Spero
2019In Kamouzis, Dimitris; Nafpliotis, Alexandros (Eds.) Αnglo-Hellenic relations in the 20th Century
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Keywords :
Anglo-American relations; Cold War; NATO
Abstract :
[en] This chapter examines the role the British policy in Greece played in the shift in American foreign policy that was manifested in 1947-48, that led directly to these alliances, namely the Western European Union and NATO. To achieve this shift (which also included support of British strategic interests in the Eastern Mediterranean) this chapter argues that the British used Greece, first as a way to draw the United States further into European affairs, and then as a way to anchor the United States in Europe, achieving a guarantee of security for the Eastern Mediterranean and for Western Europe. Drawing on both published and unpublished British and American sources, this chapter will also examine perceptions of the conflicts in and about Greece, and what it represented for Western European and Eastern Mediterranean security, and Western ideas of democracy when confronted with supporting a right-wing Greek government. In so doing, it clarifies how American foreign policy changed from its pre-war focus on non-intervention, to the cold-war politics of containment and intervention.
Research center :
- Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) > Contemporary European History (EHI)
Disciplines :
History
Author, co-author :
Paravantis, Spero ;  University of Luxembourg > Luxembourg Center for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH)
External co-authors :
no
Language :
English
Title :
Their ‘Apple of Discord’ or the Apple of Their Eye: How the British Secured Eastern Mediterranean and Western European Security, 1947-1948
Publication date :
July 2019
Main work title :
Αnglo-Hellenic relations in the 20th Century
Editor :
Kamouzis, Dimitris
Nafpliotis, Alexandros
Publisher :
Berghahn Books, Oxford, United Kingdom
Pages :
120-156 (subject to change)
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
FnR Project :
FNR9959446 - The Power Of Non-powers: An Archival Analysis Of The Reaction To, And Influence Of, The Benelux Nations On American Financial Intervention In Europe And Its Role In Early Cold War European Security Strategy (1948-1960)., 2015 (01/09/2016-31/08/2019) - S. Simeon Zachary Hilton Paravantes
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