Negotiating the American Presence in Greece: Bases, Security and National Sovereignty

American military bases and the political social reactions they have solicited had a major impact on Greek life. This article offers synthetic analysis of base negotiations in period democratization rising anti-Americanism that integrates diplomatic with history to tell for first time how both Washington Athens framed, understood negotiated status soil what was role Turkish factor. Newly available evidence shed light motives players unveils dynamic complex interchange between international domestic pressures, threat, parties, congress, civil society.