The Greek Civil War ― Essays on a Conflict of Exceptionalism and Silences

Carabott (modern Greek history, King's College London, UK) and Sfikas (contemporary Greek history, U. of Ioannina, Greece) present 15 pieces of new scholarship on the Greek Civil War of the 1940s. Separate sections explore comparative and international perspectives on the conflict, "neglected" political and economic issues such as Greek Communist activities in France and the and the London Economic Agreement of January 1946 (designed to address Greece's major economic problems), the cultures of communism and anti-communism, and testimonies and representations of the war. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Dr Philip Carabott is Cyprus Hellenic Foundation Lecturer in Modern Greek History in the Department of Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies, King's College London, UK. Dr Thanasis D. Sfikas is Assistant Professor of Contemporary Greek History in the Department of History and Archaeology, University of Ioannina, Greece.