What are the deeper fundamental causes of the last military dictatorship in Greece? What were the characteristics and social origins of the officers who overthrew Democracy and the established order on the turbulent night of April 21, 1967? What ideological influences were hidden behind their actions and what were their true and unconfessed motives?

Was their regime a rupture with the old party establishment or a continuation of it in another form? Who were the "Nasserites," who were called "Qaddafis," and what exactly did their populism mean? Was April 21 a fascist regime or not? What was the stance of the Greek people towards the dictatorship?

After a decade of research, collecting unpublished material and unknown data, interviewing dozens of key figures of the era, and utilizing personal archives, along with statistical tables and reports from the OECD, Meletis Meletopoulos composed a captivating text, which is essentially the first serious scientific work on the dictatorship of April 21.

The author sought to clarify the mythology surrounding a regime that abolished the freedoms of the Greek people and sealed its fall with the Cypriot tragedy.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]