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JOURNAL OF BALKAN AND NEAR EASTERN STUDIES 2022, VOL. 24, NO. 2, 223–239 https://doi.org/10.1080/19448953.2021.2006518 REVIEW ARTICLE Constantine Karamanlis and the Cyprus Crisis of July-August 1974: A Re-assessment Vassilis K. Fouskas International Relations, University of East London, London, UK A Dark Room, 1967-1974 [Ένα σκοτεινό δωμάτιο, 1967-1974], by Alexis Papachelas, Athens,...
JOURNAL OF BALKAN AND NEAR EASTERN STUDIES 2022, VOL. 24, NO. 2, 223–239 https://doi.org/10.1080/19448953.2021.2006518 REVIEW ARTICLE Constantine Karamanlis and the Cyprus Crisis of July-August 1974: A Re-assessment Vassilis K. Fouskas International Relations, University of East London, London, UK A Dark Room, 1967-1974 [Ένα σκοτεινό δωμάτιο, 1967-1974], by Alexis Papachelas, Athens, Metaixmio, 2021, 444 pp. Certain Western powers have attempted to create a rift between President Makarios and our government by asking us to condemn his policies. In this fashion, they have shown that they do not understand anything about the Cyprus situation. Makarios is not an isolated leader. He is the genuine spokesman for his people, and his policy expresses the will of the overwhelming majority of the Cypriots. It is therefore both useless and dangerous to turn against Makarios. Andreas G. Papandreou (interview to Eric Rouleau) Le Monde, 4 October 1964 Background Alexis Papachelas is a Greek investigative journalist with degrees in history and journal- ism from Bard College (BA) and Columbia University (MSc), USA, respectively. He returned to his mother country, Greece, in the 1990s and has since led pioneering TV programmes, such as The New Files (Οι Νέοι Φάκελλοι). He is currently the Executive Editor of
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Published: Mar 4, 2022
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