Britain and the 1944-1949

British , Public Opinion and the Coming of the Cold ISBN: War 9783447067188 (hb) by John Sakkas PRICE: $41.00 (hb) DESCRIPTION: This book is not about Greek politics, national or local, or about British policy in . Rather, it PUBLICATION DATE: deals with the profound impact the Greek question had upon the British public and the Labour 01 February 2013 (hb) movement, in particular, from Churchill's military intervention in December 1944 to the end of the civil war in 1949. The chief aim of this study is to analyze the response of the British people to official BINDING: policy in Greece, to relate it to contemporary attitudes and concerns, and to assess the various ways Hardback in which the coming of the affected critics of British foreign policy both in the Labour Party and the trade union movement. PAGES: Contents: 1. Greece and Britain during the occupation 2. The Crisis in Britain over the 150 3. The Decline of Opposition to British Intervention in Greece 4. The Greek Question in Britain, 1945- 47 5. Greece, Bevin and the Parliamentary Labour Left 6. Greece, Bevin and the Left in the trade ILLUSTRATIONS: unions and the constituencies 7. The League for Democracy in Greece 10 pls. w/ photos

TABLE OF CONTENTS: PUBLISHER: GREECE AND THE BRITISH FACTOR Greece in the interwar years British policy towards occupied Harrassowitz Verlag Greece Greece in British imperial strategy The Attlee-Bevin dispute over Greece and the Middle East Britain and the Greek civil war THE CRISIS IN BRITAIN OVER THE DEKEMVRIANA The IMPRINT: British press The case of The Times The Soviet and American press The BBC The Parliament Harrassowitz Verlag Labours crisis over Greece Popular reaction Conclusion THE DECLINE OF OPPOSITION TO BRITISH INTERVENTION IN GREECE, JANUARY - FEBRUARY 1945 Churchill in Athens A policy SERIES: of disinformation: The White Paper and the TUC delegation report The report of a liberal editor PELEUS Greece in the House of Commons Popular reaction British soldiers in Greece Conclusion THE GREEK QUESTION IN BRITAIN, 1945-47 Reports on the after the Varkiza agreement READER INTERESTS: The first reactions to Bevins Greek policy Greece at the UN Security Council The Greek elections of Modern History March 1946 The British all-party parliamentary delegation to Greece The plebiscite on the monarchy Greeces northern neighbours The Conclusion GREECE AND THE LEFT IN THE PLP The main issue of controversy: Great power relations Greece and reaction to Bevinism The disintegration of the left in the PLP An individual case: Lyall Wilkes Conclusion GREECE AND THE BRITISH LEFT IN THE TRADE UNIONS AND THE CONSTITUENCIES Greece and the British left in the trade unions during 1945-46 Greece and the British left in the trade unions after the Truman Doctrine Greece and the British left in the constituencies Conclusion THE LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY IN GREECE, 1945-49 The League delegation to Greece George Thomas, the Labour MP, in Greece The Quit Greece campaign The May 1948 executions The seamens trial The Greek children The island of Makronisos: The Greek Dachau Efforts at reconciliation The LDG and the coming of the Cold War Conclusion