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Revolt in Athens: The Greek Communist "Second Round," 1944-1945
By (Author) John O. Iatrides
Foreword by William Hardy McNeill
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
28th June 2016
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Political activism / Political engagement
European history
320.949509
Hardback
356
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
652g
In December 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 si