The military in Greek politics : from independence to democracy
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The military in Greek politics : from independence to democracy
Hurst & Company, 1997
- :paper
- :cased
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In addition to providing a survey of the origins and evolution of the military in Greece since independence in 1830, this volume covers topics such as: the intervention of the army in politics 1916 to 1936; the struggle between politicians and the monarchy for the allegiance of the officer corps; and the fateful issue of the "Army List". The author identifies broad areas of research into Greek politics, its leading personalities, such as Pangalos and Metaxas, the politicization of the monarchy, and its eventual fall.
Table of Contents
- The formation of the regular army
- the selection and education of officers
- the military and "ethnic truth"
- the impact of World War I on civil-military relations
- self-images, professionalism and patronage in the officer corps
- the sensitive issue of the Army List
- the significance of the March 1935 coup and the forces behind it
- the war and civil war cauldron
- the post-war legacy
- the colonels unleashed
- from dictatorship to democracy.
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