'This is an excellent analysis of the social conditions that gave birth and contributed to the development of the Greek guerrilla during the German occupation. Through 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
' A History of the Greek Resistance is a rich and welcome book that brings new and invaluable insights to the historiography of the resistance movement in occupied Greece.'
Christopher Kinley, H-War
Introduction
1. The rise and origins of the People's Armies
2. Patriots and scoundrels: motivation and recruitment in the People's Armies
3. Not by bread alone: combat, everyday life and the formation of guerrilla identities
4. Cause, comrades and faith: morale in the guerrilla armies
5. A society at war: guerrilla governance and everyday life in free Greece
Conclusion
Index