Greece, the Decade of War: Occupation, Resistance and Civil War

During the 1940s Greece was twice torn apart, first by World War II and second by civil war. Beginning in 1941, the occupation of Greece by Nazi Germany was intensely brutal. Children starved on the streets of Athens. Heroic acts of resistance - performed in concert with SOE - were met with vicious reprisals. When Greece was finally freed from Nazi rule, the fractured and embittered nation became engulfed in civil war, as conflict flared between the government and communist-led rebels.
In this book, acclaimed historian of Greece David Brewer surveys this tumultuous decade in Greece's modern history, providing a detailed military and political history. He looks at the interference of external powers, especially the role of Britain and America, in trying to prop up the unpopular government in Athens and the various personalities - political, military and cultural - who shaped this important era. He also considers the dilemmas for individual Greeks - caught between resistance fighters and occupiers during the war years and between competing political forces during the civil war.
Providing a vital perspective on the conflicts and forces which shaped modern Greece, this will be essential reading for anyone interested in World War II and the destiny of Greece.