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The “Menace from the North” and the Suppression of the Left: Greece and NATO

Pavlou, Ioannis Nikos
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429211845

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2015, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Slavic and East European Studies.
In the aftermath of the Greek Civil War, the right-wing elements of Greece’s government felt that they needed to join NATO to protect Greek interests from the perceived threat posed by Communism and their Balkan neighbors. Throughout this period of time, the Greek state implemented several drastic and often undemocratic motions that led to measures against minority groups, suppressing left-wing politicians, and applying old nationalistic rhetoric such as the “Menace from the North” to the situation with the Communist regimes in their neighboring countries. During this time, Greek interests often were pushed aside in order to appease the United States and other members of NATO while at other points, Greece nearly went to war with their NATO ally Turkey over the future of Cyprus. Meanwhile, Greece’s new-found alliance with NATO led to an improvement of their military capabilities to the point where the highly nationalistic, anti-Communist army would seize control of the government in 1967 and form a Military Junta. During the seven years of military control, NATO continued to work with the Military Junta which in turn would have drastic consequences when Greece nearly went to war with Turkey over Cyprus. With the collapse of the Junta, Greece has slowly taken steps to begin distancing their decision-making towards Greek interests.
Georgios Anagnostou (Advisor)
Anthony Kaldellis (Committee Member)
85 p.
Slavic Studies
Greece and NATO, Greek-Turkish Relations over Cyprus, Cyprus Issue, Greek politics

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  • Pavlou, I. N. (2015). The “Menace from the North” and the Suppression of the Left: Greece and NATO [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429211845

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  • Pavlou, Ioannis. The “Menace from the North” and the Suppression of the Left: Greece and NATO. 2015. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429211845.

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  • Pavlou, Ioannis. "The “Menace from the North” and the Suppression of the Left: Greece and NATO." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429211845

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