A History of the Greek Resistance in the Second World War by Spiros Tsoutsoumpis

A History of the Greek Resistance in the Second World War by Spiros Tsoutsoumpis

A history of the Greek resistance in the Second World War discusses one of the most troubled and fascinating aspects of modern Greek and European history: the anti-axis resistance. It is a pioneering history of the men and women who waged the struggle against the axis as members of the armed partisans of ELAS and EDES. Using a wide range of previously unused sources, the book reconstructs daily life in the guerrilla armies and explores the complex reasons that led the partisans to enlist and fight. It also discusses the relations between the guerrillas and the civilian population, and examines how the guerrillas' experience of combat, hardship and loss shaped their understanding of their task and social attitudes. The book makes fascinating reading both for academics and for lay readers who are interested in modern Greek history, military history and the history of the Second World War.

'This is an excellent analysis of the social conditions that gave birth and contributed to the development of the Greek guerrilla during the German occupationThrough a detailed and in-depth analysis of the elements that prevailed in the countryside, Tsoutsoumpis presents an impressive study of the armed resistance and the following civil war between the communist guerrillas and the anticommunist forces in Greece throughout the period of the Second World War.'

Nikos Marantzidis, Associate Professor of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki (Greece) and Visiting Professor of History at Charles University in Prague

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Spyros Tsoutsoumpis is a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Wolverhampton

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ISBN 13	9781784992514
ISBN 10	1784992518
Title	A History of the Greek Resistance in the Second World War
Author	Spiros Tsoutsoumpis
Series	Cultural History Of Modern War
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Manchester University Press
Year published	2016-08-09
Number of pages	288
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