The Greek Military Regime (1967-1974) and the Cyprus Question — Origins and Goals

Authors

Constantine P. Danopoulos, San Jose State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

October 1982

Publication Title

Journal of Political and Military Sociology

First Page

257

Last Page

273

Disciplines

Comparative Politics | International Relations | Political Science

Abstract

This article employs the concept of military professionalism and its attributes to explain the Greek praetorian regime's handling of the Cyrprus problem. Upon examining the relevant data it was found that for strategic considerations the U.S. and NATO sought to achieve a negotiated solution to the cyprus problem which would have amounted to double Enosis. It was also found that professional needs created a dependency of the Greek. military on NA TO for arms, sophisticated training, and support which let them view participation in NATO as indespensable. As a result, the Greek military confused the interests of their nation with those of the Atlantic Alliance and sought to solve the Cyprus problem on the basis of NATO'S interests even though such a solution went contrary to the national aspirations of Greece.

Comments

©1982 Transaction Publishers.

Recommended Citation

Constantine P. Danopoulos. "The Greek Military Regime (1967-1974) and the Cyprus Question — Origins and Goals" Journal of Political and Military Sociology (1982): 257-273.