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- 3 - A dark room: 1967-1974 Alexis Papachelas Alexis Papachelas was born in 1961. He is an investigative journalist with degrees in History and Journalism from Bard College and an MSc in Journalism and International Relations from Columbia University. He is the creator of many awarded documentary series on domestic and international news, having interviewed many Greek and international figures, among them Subcomandante Marcos, Yasser Arafat, Kofi Annan, Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush. He has contributed columns for The New York Times and The Guardian and is also a political commentator for the SKAI Evening News. Currently he is the Executive Director of Kathimerini newspaper. Pages 632 October 2021 CLICK HERE FOR A SAMPLE IN ENGLISH The book includes 22 QR codes linking to rare audiovisual material, published for the first time. 1974 was a landmark year in Greek history with long lasting effects οn the geopolitics of East Mediterranean. The attempted coup d’ etat in Cyprus, sponsored by the Greek military junta, and the subsequent Turkish invasion of the island led to one of the most complex conflicts in international affairs. After 25 years of research, Alexis Papachelas sheds light upon some of the most burning questions in the sequence of historical events. The replacement of dictator Georgios Papadopoulos by Dimitrios Ioannidis in 1973; the role of prominent figures of the time such as Aristotelis Onassis; the discovery of oil in the Aegean Sea and the rising tension between Greece and Turkey in 1974; the role of the USA and the UK, and whether someone had given assurances to Ioannidis before the attempted coup. And it all culminated in the War Council of 20 July 1974. For the first time, the research brings to light the voices of Dimitrios Ioannidis and General Grigorios Bonanos, the Commander of the Greek Armed Forces, during the War Council. The 38 minutes that it lasted constitute an indispensable record for a full understanding of these momentous events. - N O N F I C T I O N - BEST SELLER