The metaphor depicts the summer of ’74 as black because that color is associated with mourning. It could also be black for another reason: the darkness that obscures much of what happened during that period. The bitterness, the pain, dashed expectations, unacknowledged thoughts and actions, the need for “national reconciliation,” and postwar interests all weigh heavily on any attempt to understand the situation. One aspect of the “Black Summer” that remains unclear is the stance taken by the Greek government from the fall of the junta (July 23, 1974) until the second invasion (August 14–16, 1974). Indicative of this stance is the political conduct of the second-in-command in that government, Georgios Mavros.
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