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Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Political Instability and Breakdown: The Historical Context -- The US Role in Postwar Greece -- Democracy Under Threat: 1964-1967 -- Approaches to the Embassy -- American or Greek Worries? -- Likelihood of a Coup? -- A Coup? "Not a Solution" -- References -- Chapter 2 A Fait Accompli: The US Reaction to the Greek Military Coup of 1967 -- The Initial US Reaction -- Constructing a Longer-Term Policy -- A Way Forward -- References -- Chapter 3 Johnson, Nixon, and Athens: Changing Foreign Policy Toward the Greek Military Dictatorship -- The Johnson Administration's Policy Toward Greece -- The New Administration -- The Issue of Military Aid Under Nixon -- Chapter 4 Internal Divides: The White House, State Department, and the Athens Embassy -- A New Foreign Policy Line -- Deepening Disagreements in the Early Nixon Years -- Reconvergence of Views -- References -- Chapter 5 A View of the Colonels from the US Congress: Supporters and Opponents of the Greek Regime -- The Liberal Opposition in Congress -- The Supporters of US Government Policy Toward the Junta -- Congressional Supporters of the Colonels -- References -- Chapter 6 US Diplomacy Within Europe and NATO on the Greek Question -- Greece Within NATO -- References -- Chapter 7 Agency in Athens: The Greek Colonels' Strategy Toward the US -- The Lack of Constitutional Progress: An Inconvenient Truth -- The Military Assistance Program -- The Vice Presidential Visit to Greece -- Tailoring Policy to Greek Sensitivities -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8 Assessing US Foreign Policy in the Junta Era -- What Have We Seen? -- US Opposition to a Constitutional "Deviation" -- US Surprise and Coolness to the Coup of 21 April -- The Development of the Longer-Term Policy -- The Colonels' Strategic Agency -- What Is Left to See? -- The Role of Other Countries -- The Domestic Factor

"This volume encompasses a wide range of empirical research on a variety of topics that are related by their focus on the importance of attitudes, culture, and perceptions. The significance of public attitudes, the impact of cultural norms, and the perceptions of military officers and civilians are all analyzed in the seven articles in this latest edition of Political and Military Sociology. The first essay asserts that military memoirs should be taken seriously as objects of scholarly analysis. Using the Minorities at Risk Dataset, the second article examines the effects of globalization on ethnic conflict in 106 countries from 1985 to 2002. The next focuses on Canadian attitudes toward military expenditures following the September 11th terrorist attacks. The fourth examines the attides of Texans toward recent US wars, the draft, and military service generally. The fifth essay explores the role of the media in promoting democracy and democratic attitudes in southern Africa. Using survey data, the following article addresses the extent to which higher education promotes more tolerant attitudes among Israeli Jews toward Israeli Arabs. The volume concludes with a study of US warrant officers that shows how the rank has evolved over time"--Back cover.