Woodhouse,C.M. Rise and Fall of the Greek Colonels. 1985
Woodhouse, C.M. The Rise and Fall of the Greek Colonels. New York: Franklin
Watts, 1985. 192 pages.
C.M. Woodhouse, a former British diplomat, Conservative MP, and Oxford
fellow, has written several books on modern Greek history. In April 1967, a
group of colonels seized power and held on to it until 1974. The Greek junta
was known around the world for its suspension of civil liberties, torture of
political prisoners, and brutal repression of a student revolt in November
1973. The regime was brought down primarily because the various branches of
the military could only manage to conspire against each other when it came
time to defend their position in Cyprus against Turkish forces.
Many people believe that the level of CIA intrigue behind the junta was
an important factor. This is true with Oriana Fallaci in "A Man" (1980), an
overwhelmingly-dramatic biography of junta prisoner Alexander Panagoulis.
Woodhouse concedes that the CIA probably had advance knowledge of the coup,
but feels that popular opinion in Greece is also trying to scapegoat the
CIA for a situation of their own making. With his Establishment credentials,
Woodhouse cannot be expected to pursue the question. Regardless of what
forces led to the coup, vice-president Spiro Agnew was openly pro-junta
during his term, and Nixon, Kissinger, and Dean Rusk weren't much better.
The junta, after all, was open to U.S. corporations, Greece was a NATO ally
in a strategic region, and the Navy needed to homeport the Sixth Fleet there.
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