The Greek Civil War. Essays on
a Conflict of Exceptionalism and Silences, Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's College London, 2nd edition,
Routledge, London and New York 2017
[First published 2004 by Ashgate Publishing]
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Description
Half
a century after the civil war which tore apart Greek society in the 1940s, the
essays in this volume look back to examine the crisis. They combine the
approaches of political and international history with the latest research into
the social, economic, religious, cultural, ideological and literary aspects of
the struggle. Underpinned by the use of a wide range of hitherto neglected
sources, the contributions shed new light, broaden the scope of inquiry, and
offer fresh analysis. Thus far, comparative approaches have not been employed
in the study of the Greek Civil War. The papers here redress this imbalance and
establish the not always so clear links between Greek and European historical
developments in the 1940s, placing the evolution of Greek society and politics
in a European context. They also highlight the complexity and interconnections
of the social, economic and political cleavages that split Greek society, and
provide a comprehensive and subtle understanding of the origins, course and
impact of the Greek Civil War in a variety of contexts and levels. The volume
will appeal to those interested in the European history of the 1940s and the
origins of the Cold War, in addition to the specialists of modern Greek history
and those engaged in the comparative study of civil wars.
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Contents
1. Fifty years on, Philip Carabott and Thanasis D. Sfikas
Part I
2. The Greek Civil War: Greek exceptionalism or mirror of a European
civil war?, Martin Conway.
3. What was the problem in
Greece?: a comparative and contextual view of the national problems in the
Spanish, Yugoslav, and Greek civil wars of 1936-49, Philip B. Minehan.
4. The Cominform and the Greek Civil War, 1947-49, Ioanna
Papathanasiou.
5. A prime minister for all time: Themistoklis Sofoulis from Premiership
to Opposition to Premiership, 1945-49, Thanasis D. Sfikas.
Part II
6. Struggling from abroad: Greek Communist activities in France during
the Greek Civil War, Nicolas Manitakis.
7. Getting Greece "working again": the London Agreement of
January 1946, Athanasios Lykogiannis.
8. Becoming Communist: political prisoners as a subject during the Greek
Civil War, Polymeris Voglis.
Part III
9. Orthodoxy in the service of anticommunism: the religious organization
Zoë during the Greek Civil War, Vasilios N. Makrides.
10. Social dimensions of anticommunism in Northern Greece, 1945-50, Basil C.
Gounaris.
11. The everyday lives and silences of a National Army soldier and his
wife during the Greek Civil War, Philip Carabott.
Part IV
12. Pyramid 67: Α liminal testimony on the Greek Civil War, Maria Nikolopoulou.
13. The shadow of the Greek Civil War in the poetry of Takis Sinopoulos,
David
Ricks.
14. Writing silences: Manolis Anagnostakis and the Greek Civil War, Liana
Theodoratou.
Part V
15. The road to reconciliation? The Greek Civil War and the politics of
memory in the 1980s, David Close.
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