Greece, the Decade of War
Occupation, Resistance and Civil War
Published on 12. November 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
372 pages
978-1-350-16543-4 (ISBN)
Description
In this book, acclaimed historian David Brewer investigates explores 1940s Greece -- one of the most tumultuous decades in Greece's modern history.
Beginning in 1941, the occupation of Greece by Germany was intensely brutal: children starved on the streets of Athens; the Jewish population was decimated in the Holocaust; heroic acts of resistance were met with vicious reprisals. When Greece was finally freed from Nazi rule in 1944, the fractured and embittered nation became engulfed in civil war, as conflict flared between the British and American-sponsored government and communist-led rebels. In Greece, The Decade of War, Brewer expertly analyses these events and in doing so provides a compelling military and political history.
Beginning in 1941, the occupation of Greece by Germany was intensely brutal: children starved on the streets of Athens; the Jewish population was decimated in the Holocaust; heroic acts of resistance were met with vicious reprisals. When Greece was finally freed from Nazi rule in 1944, the fractured and embittered nation became engulfed in civil war, as conflict flared between the British and American-sponsored government and communist-led rebels. In Greece, The Decade of War, Brewer expertly analyses these events and in doing so provides a compelling military and political history.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
5 Maps
Dimensions
Height: 413 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
536 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-350-16543-4 (9781350165434)
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02/2016
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Person
David Brewer is the author of Greece, the Hidden Centuries and The Flame of Freedom: The Greek War of Independence, 1821-1833. After studying Classics at Oxford University, he divided his working life between teaching, journalism and business before devoting himself to the study of the history of Greece.
Content
List of Illustrations
Prologue
1. The Albanian Gateway to Greece
2. Mussolini's War on Greece
3. The German Invasion
4. The Battle for Crete
5. The Occupation Begins
6. Hyperinflation and Starvation
7. The Emergence of the Communists
8. Early Resistance
9. SOE, the Andartes and Gorgopotamos
10. Village and City
11. The Destruction of the Jews
12. The Fractured Resistance
13. The Question of the King
14. The Cairo Conference, August 1943
15. The Italian Armistice and the First Communist Offensive
16. The Resistance in Crete
17. Upheaval in the Greek Government
18. Liberation
19. Towards Sunday December 3rd 1944
20. The Battle for Athens
21. Dhamaskinos, Churchill and the Varkiza Agreement
22. The Government, the Communists and the Elections
23. The Truman Doctrine
24. 1947 - Civil War and American Involvement
25. Terror from Left and Right
26. The Plight of the Greek Children
27. The Marshall Plan
28. The Ending of the Civil War
Epilogue
Chronology
Notes
Select Bibliography
Prologue
1. The Albanian Gateway to Greece
2. Mussolini's War on Greece
3. The German Invasion
4. The Battle for Crete
5. The Occupation Begins
6. Hyperinflation and Starvation
7. The Emergence of the Communists
8. Early Resistance
9. SOE, the Andartes and Gorgopotamos
10. Village and City
11. The Destruction of the Jews
12. The Fractured Resistance
13. The Question of the King
14. The Cairo Conference, August 1943
15. The Italian Armistice and the First Communist Offensive
16. The Resistance in Crete
17. Upheaval in the Greek Government
18. Liberation
19. Towards Sunday December 3rd 1944
20. The Battle for Athens
21. Dhamaskinos, Churchill and the Varkiza Agreement
22. The Government, the Communists and the Elections
23. The Truman Doctrine
24. 1947 - Civil War and American Involvement
25. Terror from Left and Right
26. The Plight of the Greek Children
27. The Marshall Plan
28. The Ending of the Civil War
Epilogue
Chronology
Notes
Select Bibliography