Date of Award

4-1988

Degree Type

Master's Essay - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

History

First Advisor

Jon V. Kofas

Abstract

From November 1943 to his return to Greece in 1946, George II was at the center of a raging debate between Royalists, Republicans, non-Communists, and Communists concerning his future as king of Greece. It was also the subject of a debate between the British Foreign Office and the United States Department of State. There were two issues under 'discussion' between London and Washington; the first was whether the king should return to Greece following the retreat of the Germans, and second, what type of caretaker government would be put into place to hold the country during the interim between the German withdrawal and the return to a normal functioning government. Ostensibly, these were decisions required of the King, in consultation with his advisors and Greek politicians. Why, then, did it receive as much attention as it did from the British Foreign Office and how did the United States State Department become involved in what should have been a purely internal matter of a friendly country?

Comments

An Essay Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School, Marquette University, in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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