Greece The Eec And The Cold War 1974-1979

Greece, the EEC and the Cold War, 1974-1979 explores the history of the European Economic Community (EEC) in the turbulent decade of the 1970s and especially the Community's response to the fall of the Greek dictatorship and the country's application for EEC membership. The book constitutes the first multi-archival study on the second enlargement of the EEC, drawing on British, French, German, Irish, American, EEC and Greek sources.

Thanks to its novel Community-centred approach, Eirini Karamouzi's work reveals the rationale behind the Nine's acceptance of the Greek application and details the dynamics of the accession negotiations in the evolving environment of detente and the rise of the Left in Southern Europe. Review: 'Drawing on hitherto unexploited historical material, Eirini Karamouzi offers an unprecedented account of a critical period in EU and Modern Greek history with profound implications for the present.

A must read for anyone interested in Greece, Cold War history, the dynamics of EU accession, the workings of EU institutions and negotiations, and ultimately the transformative impact of enlargement on European integration.' - Kalypso Nicolaidis, University of Oxford, UK 'The accession of Greece in the EEC may strike us today as a rather minor historical detail lost in the seventies.

Not quite so! In her meticulously researched and highly readable book, Eirini Karamouzi shows that it was a milestone in the evolution and transformation of the European Economic Community. An important contribution to the history of the European integration, it also redirects our attention to the deeply political essence of the integration process and its powerful role in the continent's democratization.' - Stathis Kalyvas, Yale University, USA 'The story of Greece's fateful EEC accession as presented by a talented young historian; a tale very well told, with great implications both for our understanding of EU history and contemporary international issues.' - Odd Arne Westad, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK 'Karamouzi's book adds a lot to our knowledge about Greece's road to EEC membership during the 1970s and the history of EU enlargement more generally.

It is deeply grounded in archival research, particularly on the Community and its member states. It demonstrates the complexity of negotiations and the transformative impact of enlargement on the Community in the long run.' - Kiran Klaus Patel, Maastricht University, Netherlands