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Subject(s)

• United States—Foreign relations—Greece [Browse]
• United States—Foreign relations—Turkey [Browse]
• Greece—Foreign relations—United States [Browse]
• Turkey—Foreign relations—United States [Browse]
• Greece—Foreign relations—Turkey [Browse]
• Turkey—Foreign relations—Greece [Browse]
• United States—Foreign relations—20th century [Browse]

Series

Routledge studies in US foreign policy [More in this series]

Summary note

"This book examines the role of the United States in Greek-Turkish relations and fills an important gap in alliance theory regarding the Guardian's Dilemma. The strategy of a great power involves not only tackling threats from enemies, but also dealing with problems that arise between allies. Every time Greece and Turkey threatened to go to war against each other, the United States had to effectively restrain its two strategic allies without straining relations with either one of them. This book explores how the United States responded to the guardian's dilemma in six crises during the Cold War, pursuing a policy of dual restraint to prevent an intra-alliance conflict, mitigate the consequences of each crisis, and maintain effective control of the Rimland Bridge. The book examines from a neoclassical-realist standpoint how the United States responded to each Greek-Turkish crisis, for what reasons, and with what results. It will be of interest to scholars of foreign policy, security studies, geopolitics and international relations"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• The theoretical framework
• The geopolitical context
• The first crisis, 1955
• The long crisis, 1963-1964
• The short crisis, 1967
• The great crisis, 1974
• The first Aegean crisis, 1976
• The second Aegean crisis, 1987.

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ISBN

• 9781032123370 (hardcover)
• 1032123370 (hardcover)
• 9781032123530 (paperback)
• 1032123532 (paperback)

LCCN

2021032957

OCLC

1267402734

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