The civil war in Greece: the role of the Greek civil war in the International History of the post war era
Résumé de l'exposé
The Greek civil war took place between 1943 and 1949. It was one of the most painful episodes of Greek history. This paper will deal with the role of the Greek civil war in the International History of the post war era, especially because it belonged to the transitional period between the end of the Second World War and the start of the Cold War. At the outset, I will show that this war was not merely a domestic issue. I will then describe the characteristics of the Anglo-American interventions in Greece which gave rise to the Greek civil war its international dimensions. Finally, I will show that this conflict was an important episode of the cold war even if the involvement of western powers in it was based on incorrect perceptions of Soviet objectives.
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Sommaire de l'exposé
The Greek civil war: a dual conflict
The Greek context
The Greek civil war and its international aspect
The Anglo-American intervention in the Greek civil war
Great Britain's intervention
The American relief
The signification of the Greek civil war in international history
The Greek civil war and the Cold War: the Anglo-American side
The controversial question of the Soviet's involvement: the perceptions of the Soviet involvement
Extraits de l'exposé
[...] The origins of the Greek civil war. New-York Smith, Ole L. The First Round, Civil war during the occupation in Close, David H. The Greek civil war, 1943-1950. Studies of polarization. London p.59. Smith, Ole L. The First Round, Civil war during the occupation in Close, David H. The Greek civil war, 1943-1950. Studies of polarization. London p.60 Ibid, p.59 Concernig the British policy towards Greece see Baerentzen, Lars and Close, David H. The British defeat of EAM, 1944-1945 in Close, David H. [...]
[...] Iatrides, John O. Britain, the United States, and Greece, 1945-1949 in David H. The Greek civil war, 1943-1950. Studies of polarization. London p.193. Ibid. Kousoulas, Dimitrios G. The Price of Freedom. Greece in World Affairs, 1939-1953. Syracuse University Press p.106. Close, David H. The origins of the Greek civil war. New-York p.138. Ibid. [...]
[...] However, the situation was unfavorable on the battlefield. Greece was falling into large scale civil war[28]. The United States broke up with their traditional policy of detachment regarding Greece, and accepted to bear the financial and military burden. The goal of the American policy in Greece was in essence the same as the British one; creating a broad governmental coalition of anti-Communist factions in order to stop Rightist terror responsible for political troubles. This would deprive the Greek Communists of popular appeal. [...]
[...] Article : La Guerre Froide in Encyclopedia Universalis Iatrides, John O. Perceptions of Soviet Involvement in the Greek civil war, 1945-1949 in Baerentzen Lars, Iatrides John O and Smith, Ole L. Studies in the history of the Greek civil war, 1945-1949. Copenhagen p.226 Jones, Howard. New kind of America's global strategy and the Truman doctrine in Greece. Oxford University Press p.32. Bernstein, Barton J. The Truman Administration: A Documentary History. New-York p On the Truman doctrine see in particular Jones, Howard. [...]
[...] The British were in direct control of Greek political affairs. They always tried to stabilize the country by setting up to power a political centre rallying the broadest coalition of political forces possible. Great Britain was also in charge of the economic recovery of the country and introduced currency controls. It also trained and set up a new police force. Finally Great Britain was responsible for the administration of all Greek public affairs[25]. After an agreement in February 1945 (the Varkiza agreement), civil war resumed. [...]
