Red Acropolis, Black Terror
Author: Andre Gerolymatos
Publisher:
Published: 2004-07-06
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first full, nonpartisan history of the Greek Civil War, the brutal guerrilla conflict that launched the Cold War
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The Kapetanios
Author: Dominique Eudes
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 1973
Total Pages: 403
ISBN-13: 085345275X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe complicated and dramatic course of the Civil War in Greece had, for lack of parties interested in reconstructing the truth of its events, never been narrated prior to the appearance of this volume. It closed a gap in the history of our times, and did so with thoroughness and vivid journalistic immediacy. In addition to the known sources and unpublished documents, the author relied on testimony painstakingly collected from survivors of the tragedy who were scattered throughout the world. It remains the authoritative account of the kapetanios, the guerrilla chiefs who organized the partisans in the Greek mountains.
The Greek Civil War
Author: Spyridon Plakoudas
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2020-02-20
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781350152151
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Greek Civil War (1946-1949) was one of the few instances in the post-World War II era of a clear-cut and permanent victory by right-wing government forces over an insurgent communist movement. Spyridon Plakoudas here explores the factors which ultimately caused the downfall of the communist insurgency in Greece which had, at some points, seemed undefeatable. He questions whether the guerrilla movement fell victim to the feud between Stalin and Tito or whether the significant British and, above all, American aid in fact rescued the Greek monarchist regime from collapse. Plakoudas explores the strategies adopted by government forces in order to counter the communist insurgency, how external and internal actors influenced these policies and when, how and why these policies achieved success. Featuring previously unseen sources and documents, this book reveals the strategy and tactics of the monarchist regime.
The Macedonian Slavs in the Greek Civil War, 1944–1949
Author: James Horncastle
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2019-06-03
Total Pages: 267
ISBN-13: 1498585051
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this study of Macedonian Slavs in the Greek Civil War, the author examines how their participation in the conflict, and the attempts by other groups to manipulate them, gave rise to modern issues that continue to affect politics in the region today. The Macedonian Question has confounded academics, politicians and the people of the Balkans since the nineteenth century. While the countries have resolved the territorial component of the Macedonian Question, the critical and confusing question surrounding the ethnic and linguistic identity of the people of the region continues to be the source of international debate. Part of the reason for this confusion is because the history of the Macedonian Question is shrouded in nationalist polemics. The role of the Macedonian Slavs involvement in the Greek Civil War is particularly contentious and embedded in nationalist polemics, which has impacted academic inquiry. This book argues that the preponderance of Macedonian Slavs within the communist forces during the Greek Civil War influenced the actions of all the major actors involved, and is a significant factor in shaping the modern Macedonian national identity.
Children of the Greek Civil War
Author: Loring M. Danforth
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 0226135985
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt the height of the Greek Civil War in 1948, 38,000 children were evacuated from their homes in the mountains of northern Greece and relocated to orphanages and children's homes. This book analyses the evacuation, which remains a controversial issue within Greek society.
The Greek Civil War
Author: Thanasis D. Sfikas
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2017-07-05
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 135188865X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHalf a century after the civil war which tore apart Greek society in the 1940s, the essays in this volume look back to examine the crisis. They combine the approaches of political and international history with the latest research into the social, economic, religious, cultural, ideological and literary aspects of the struggle. Underpinned by the use of a wide range of hitherto neglected sources, the contributions shed new light, broaden the scope of inquiry, and offer fresh analysis. Thus far, comparative approaches have not been employed in the study of the Greek Civil War. The papers here redress this imbalance and establish the not always so clear links between Greek and European historical developments in the 1940s, placing the evolution of Greek society and politics in a European context. They also highlight the complexity and interconnections of the social, economic and political cleavages that split Greek society, and provide a comprehensive and subtle understanding of the origins, course and impact of the Greek Civil War in a variety of contexts and levels. The volume will appeal to those interested in the European history of the 1940s and the origins of the Cold War, in addition to the specialists of modern Greek history and those engaged in the comparative study of civil wars.
The Greek Civil War, 1944-1949
Author: Edgar O'Ballance
Publisher:
Published: 1966
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Greek Civil War
Author: David H. Close
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-01-14
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 1317898516
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Greek Civil War (1943--50) was a major conflict in its own right, developing out of the rivalry between communist and conservative partisans for control of Greece as the Axis forces retreated at the end of the Second World War. Spanning the transition from World War to Cold War, it also had major international consequences in keeping Greece (alone of all the Balkan nations) out of the Communist bloc and stopping the Soviets reaching the Mediterranean. Yet it has received less attention than it deserves from historians. In this striking and original study, David Close does justice to both the domestic context of the conflict and also to its international significance.
An International Civil War
Author: André Gerolymatos
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2016-10-25
Total Pages: 432
ISBN-13: 0300182309
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn authoritative history of the Greek Civil War and its profound influence on American foreign policy and the post–Second World War period In his comprehensive history André Gerolymatos demonstrates how the Greek Civil War played a pivotal role in the shaping of policy and politics in post–Second World War Europe and America and was a key starting point of the Cold War. Based in part on recently declassified documents from Greece, the United States, and the British Intelligence Services, this masterful study sheds new light on the aftershocks that have rocked Greece in the seven decades following the end of the bitter hostilities.
Becoming a Subject
Author: Polymeris Voglis
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9781571813091
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVoglis (New York U.) examines the relationship between the specific subject of political prisoners, and certain practices of punishment in the context of a polarization that led to civil war in Greece from 1946 to 1949. He asks what impact an exceptional situation, such as a civil war, has on practices of punishment; how the category of political prisoners is constructed; how a social and political subject is made; and how political prisoners experienced their internment. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
