Revolt in Athens : the Greek Communist "Second Round," 1944-1945 /
Iatrides, John O.,
Revolt in Athens : the Greek Communist "Second Round," 1944-1945 / John O. Iatrides with a foreword by William Hardy McNeill. - Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, (c)1972. - 1 online resource (355 pages) - Princeton Legacy Library .
Includes bibliographies and index.
ABBREVIATIONS ; FOREWORD ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; INTRODUCTION; I GREEK POLITICAL REALITIES; II IN SEARCH OF NATIONAL UNITY; III AFTER LIBERATION; IV THE STRUGGLE FOR ATHENS; V BETWEEN ROUNDS; VI IN RETROSPECT; APPENDICES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
In Decemer 1944, following the withdrawal of the German occupation troops, Athens became the scence of bitter fighting between the British-sponsored government of George Papandreaou and the Greek Left. This upheaal and its suppression set the stage for the full-scale civil war of 1946-1949 and for much that has plagued that troubled nation ever since. John O. Iatrides examines the immediate causes of the ""Second Round, "" as this tragedy came to be called, and analyzes the Allies' reactions to it. His conclusions are new and important. The real causes are to be found in the economic, social,
9781400869572
Kommounistiko Komma Helladas.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Greece.
Electronic Books.
DF849 / .R486 1972
Revolt in Athens : the Greek Communist "Second Round," 1944-1945 / John O. Iatrides with a foreword by William Hardy McNeill. - Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, (c)1972. - 1 online resource (355 pages) - Princeton Legacy Library .
Includes bibliographies and index.
ABBREVIATIONS ; FOREWORD ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; INTRODUCTION; I GREEK POLITICAL REALITIES; II IN SEARCH OF NATIONAL UNITY; III AFTER LIBERATION; IV THE STRUGGLE FOR ATHENS; V BETWEEN ROUNDS; VI IN RETROSPECT; APPENDICES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
In Decemer 1944, following the withdrawal of the German occupation troops, Athens became the scence of bitter fighting between the British-sponsored government of George Papandreaou and the Greek Left. This upheaal and its suppression set the stage for the full-scale civil war of 1946-1949 and for much that has plagued that troubled nation ever since. John O. Iatrides examines the immediate causes of the ""Second Round, "" as this tragedy came to be called, and analyzes the Allies' reactions to it. His conclusions are new and important. The real causes are to be found in the economic, social,
9781400869572
Kommounistiko Komma Helladas.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Greece.
Electronic Books.
DF849 / .R486 1972