'THE JUNTA CAME TO POWER BY THE FORCE OF ARMS, AND WILL ONLY GO BY FORCE OF ARMS' POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND THE VOICE OF THE OPPOSITION TO THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP IN GREECE, 1967-74

Abstract

This article addresses the question of political violence and focuses on opposition groups during the military dictatorship in Greece (1967-74). It examines the diverse ideas about the use of violence among the opposition circles in Greece and abroad in order to place the political violence in its specific historical context and highlight their differences from their Western European counterparts. Also, using interviews of activists from several opposition groups, the article discusses how they frame their experience from the 1960s and lend legitimacy to their past actions.