Greece, the Decade of War

David Brewer is the author of Greece, the Hidden Centuries and The Flame of Freedom: The Greek War of Independence, 1821-1833. After studying Classics at Oxford University, he divided his working life between teaching, journalism and business before devoting himself to the study of the history of Greece.

• List of IllustrationsPrologue1. The Albanian Gateway to Greece2. Mussolini's War on Greece3. The German Invasion4. The Battle for Crete5. The Occupation Begins6. Hyperinflation and Starvation7. The Emergence of the Communists8. Early Resistance9. SOE, the Andartes and Gorgopotamos10. Village and City11. The Destruction of the Jews12. The Fractured Resistance13. The Question of the King14. The Cairo Conference, August 194315. The Italian Armistice and the First Communist Offensive16. The Resistance in Crete17. Upheaval in the Greek Government18. Liberation19. Towards Sunday December 3rd 194420. The Battle for Athens21. Dhamaskinos, Churchill and the Varkiza Agreement22. The Government, the Communists and the Elections23. The Truman Doctrine24. 1947 – Civil War and American Involvement25. Terror from Left and Right26. The Plight of the Greek Children27. The Marshall Plan28. The Ending of the Civil WarEpilogueChronologyNotesSelect Bibliography

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