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The Colonels (1967-74): a bibliography
Thanks to June Samaras for providing me with this extensive bibliography of books related to this period.

Apostolidis, Loukas Th.. Martyria Apo to Matomeno Phoitiko Kinema 1967-1974. Athens. 1974, Events in Greece during the Junta, especially the storming of the Athens Polytechnic. 159p.

Becket, James. Barbarism in Greece : A young American lawyer's inquiry into the use of torture in contemporary Greece, with case histories and documents . New York: Walker, 1970. Telling indictment of the brutal methods used in during the rule of the Junta in Greece 147p.

Clogg, Richard & Yannopoulos,George (Eds). Greece Under Military Rule . London: Secker & Warburg, 1972. Thirteen essays by a wide range of contributors which "expose the slanting of education, leverage against trade unions, the inflated of the armed forces , the steady erosion of basic freedom and the subversion of the very language itself" during the regime of the Junta in Greece. 272p. Bibliography. Index

Cottrell, Ricahrd. Blood on Their Hands : The Killing of Ann Chapman. London: Grafton, 1987. A young radio reporter on vacation in Athens was brutally murdered - ostensibly a sexual assault gone wrong - but this book alleges that the crime was committed & covered up for political reasons during the brutal regime of the Junta.

Fallaci, Oraina. A Man : A Novel. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1980. Moving novel based on the tragic real life story of Alexander Panagoulis, who attempted to assassinate George Papadopoulos during the regime of the Colonels in Greece, for which he was captured, imprisoned and tortured. Although presented as fiction it vividly illustrates the brutality of the dictatorial regime.

Fleming, Amalia. A Piece of the Truth. New York: Houghton Mifflin., 1973. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. Personal account of the imprisonment and harassment of Lady Fleming by the Greek Junta, also includes the trial of Alexandros Panagoulis.

Genevoix, Maurice. The Greece of Karamanlis (Introduction by Constantine Tsatsos). London: Doric Publications, 1973. Personal and political biography of Karamanlis - including a survey of political events in Greece until the take over of the Junta. Pbk. 206p. plates. index.

Glezos, Manoli. Apo ti Diktatoria sti Demokratia (IN GREEK). Ekdoseis Dialogos. Athens. 1974, Political events leading up to the end of the Junta in 1974. Ex-Library 125p.

Holden, David. Greece Without Columns : The Making of the Modern Greeks. New York: Lippincott., 1972. "...an extraordinarily penetrating perspective on modern Greece, its people, its politics and its paradoxes." survey of Greek life & politics until the Colonals' Coup. 336p. bibliography. index.

Kousoulas, D.George. Modern Greece : Profile of a Nation. New York: Scribners. A survey of modern Greek history from the War of Independence until the rise iof the Greek Junta in 1967. 299p. plates. bibliography. index

Kubly, Hubert. Gods and Heroes. Doubleday. 1st.ed.1969, Thoughtful and well written account of people and events in Greece just before the coup of 1967 - by an observant well-disposed American. HC. 437p. plates. index.

McNeill, William Hardy. Metamorphosis of Greece since World War II. University of Chicago Pr., 1978. Analysis of the remarkable economic & social recovery of Greece from the devastation of WW II and the Civil War. Also brief but insightful survey of post-war Greek politics until the 1970's. 264p. Footnotes.Tables. Index.

Mercouri, Melina. I Was Born Greek. New York: Doubleday, 1971. Melina Mercouri was more than the "Tart with a Heart" that she portrayed in "Never on a Sunday." This autobiography details her personal, professional and political life until she went into exile because of the Greek Junta.

Mouzelis, Nicos P.. Modern Greece : Facets of Underdevelopment. London: Macmillan., 1978. Trade Paperback. Neo-Marxist theories used to analyze the economic history of Greece in a series of essays. "...a notable analysis of social inequality, political change and capitalist 'modernization' processes in Greece...." includes a survey of the Junta period. 220p. bibliography. index

Mylonas, George. Escape From Amorgos. New York: Scribners, 1974 . 228p. plates.index.

Papandreou, Margaret Chant. Nightmare in Athens. New York: Prentice Hall, 1970. "Her husband -a leader in the democratic opposition- in jail; her children in danger : an American woman describes her confrontation with the Junta ruling Greece." Details of Andreas Papandreou's imprisonment and eventual release, and his wife's efforts on his behalf. 390p.

Papandreou, Andreas. Democracy at Gunpoint : The Greek Front.. London: Andre Deutsch, 1971. Papandreou's own account of the events leading up to April 21st.1967 and the rule of the military junta, and his own imprisonment and eventual release. 338p.

Theodorakis, Mikis. Journals of Resistance. New York: Coward,McCann & Geoghegan, 1973. "An impassioned and eloquent statement of resistance to the Greek Colonels by the legendary hero,poet and composer of the music for "Z". " 334p

Tsoucalas, Constantine. The Greek Tragedy. Penguin. 1969 (ISBN 0-14-052277-8), A survey of the history of modern Greece from the War of Independence explaining the events leading up to the Juta coup-d-etat in 1967. Comprehensive and thoughtful.

Vassilikos, Vassilis. Outside the Walls. Harcourt,Brace,Jovanovich. 1st.US ed. 1973 (ISBN 0-15-170515-1), "The author of "Z" depicts, with anger and compassion, the lives and times of Greeks in the decade before the Colonels" 192p.

Vlachos, Helen. House Arrest. Boston: Gambit, 1970. Eleni Vlachou, owner of the influential daily "Kathimerini" at the time of the Colonels military coup, refused to print a censored newspaper. After being held under house arrest in Athens she finally escaped (using false papers) and revealed the tyranny of the Junta. 183p. plates. index.

Woodhouse, C.M.. The Rise and Fall of the Greek Colonels. London: Granada, 1985.


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