Title The origins of the Greek Civil War

Published London : Routledge, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (263 pages) Series Origins Of Modern Wars Origins of modern wars Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Editor's foreword; List of maps; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Greece after the First World War; Dependency and schism; The hydrocephalous state; Social structure; The Greek Communist Party; The bourgeois reaction; 2. Right-wing Dictatorship, 1935-41; Anti-Venizelist resurgence; Parliamentary democracy in crisis; Metaxas's tyranny; The Legacy of the tyranny; Axis invasion; 3. Invasion and Collapse of Authority, April 1941-March 1943; The old order in decay; The birth of the National Liberation Front, EAM; Communist strategy 4. EAM Challenges the Old Order, April 1943-October 1944Reactions of EAM; EAM predominant; The start of civil strife; Communist agreement with the British; Nation-wide polarization; Liberation; 5. Revolution Defeated, October 1944-February 1945; Growing Communist power; The demobilization crisis; The battle for Athens; Communist surrender; 6. The White Terror, February 1945-March 1946; Right-wing vendetta; The British role; Communist revival; Election victory for the right; Communists on the brink; 7. Descent to Civil War, April 1946-March 1947; The monarchist regime Revival of guerrilla warfareThe national army intervenes; The Truman Doctrine; 8. The Civil War, 1947-50; The Democratic Army; Right-wing victory; Aftermath; Bibliography; Maps; Index Summary The 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 t Notes Print version record Subject Kommounistiko Komma Helladas -- Influence SUBJECT Kommounistiko Komma Helladas fast Subject HISTORY -- Europe -- Greece. Diplomatic history Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Politics and government War -- Causes SUBJECT Greece -- History -- Civil War, 1944-1949 -- Causes Greece -- Politics and government -- 1935-1967. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057123 Greece -- History -- Civil War, 1944-1949 -- Diplomatic history Subject Greece Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781317898511 1317898516

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