The April coup was the last successful military movement to overthrow democracy on European soil. The Greek people, as well as the international community, experienced it as a harmful and painful anachronism.

This collective work attempts to illuminate interdisciplinary unexplored aspects of the traumatic experience of the coup and the seven-year dictatorship of the colonels, such as the ideological and institutional dimension, the position of the Greek dictatorship in the broader international discussion about authoritarian regimes, as well as human rights during that specific era.

The relationship of the dictatorial regime with the international system, as well as the legacy of the dictatorship for post-junta Greece and its long-term impact on Greek society and politics, are central themes of the work.

In any case, the dictatorship marked the post-war course of Greece and a thorough and calm study of it is necessary for our national self-awareness.