Greek Civil War The Strategy, Counterinsurgency and the Monarchy Spyridon Plakoudas
Spyridon Plakoudas is Lecturer at the Hellenic National Defence College and Panteion University. He holds a PhD in War Studies from the University of Reading.
March 2017 256 pages Approx. 120,000 words World rights available => Greek History, Communism & Cold War
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Uses unseen sources and original documents
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Complete analysis of government strategies for success in Greek Civil War
A new approach to the history of Greek Civil War. The Greek Civil War (1946-1949) was one of the few instances in the post-World War II era of a clear-cut and permanent victory by right-wing government forces over an insurgent communist movement. Spyridon Plakoudas here explores the factors which ultimately caused the downfall of the communist insurgency in Greece which had, at some points, seemed undefeatable. He questions whether the guerrilla movement fell victim to the feud between Stalin and Tito or whether the significant British and, above all, American aid in fact rescued the Greek monarchist regime from collapse. Plakoudas explores the strategies adopted by government forces in order to counter the communist insurgency, how external and internal actors influenced these policies and when, how and why these policies achieved success. Featuring previously unseen sources and documents, this book reveals the strategy and tactics of the monarchist regime.