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Author : Andreas Chrysaphēs
language : en
Publisher: Evandia Publishing UK Limited
Release Date : 2005

Andartes written by Andreas Chrysaphēs and has been published by Evandia Publishing UK Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Fiction categories.

Andartes: Set in the mid 1950s, Andartes (Guerrillas) is an absorbing glimpse into the fiercely fought EOKA struggle for the independence of Cyprus from British colonial rule: the drama all the more poignant given its basis in historical fact. It is vividly written, brutal, emotional, with a most touching story. This absorbing read follows Alexi's life from an early age of utter poverty where he befriends a Turkish Cypriot compatriot and both become inseparable. They grow into young lads and enjoy life at its fullest until one day their lives had changed forever. Alexis' pride and ideals lead him on a journey that results in his paying the ultimate price. The New York based international magazine "ODYSSEY: The World of Greece" in their September / October 2008 issue has given Andartes its own review. THE BOOK REVIEW: by Elena Polyzos. There are few non-academic studies written in English about the Cypriot struggle for independence from British colonial rule in the mid -1950's. As a result, the story of this fiercely fought, bitter guerrilla war has been somewhat inaccessible, with Lawrence Durrell's Bitter Lemons of Cyprus, written over fifty years ago, being the classic account of those momentous events. Andartes is a worthy addition to the literature on the subject, a dramatic novel based on historical fact. The author convincingly examines the root of the war, the formation of EOKA the Greek Cypriot guerrilla liberation organization, (hence the title, 'Andartes', or rebels) and the internecine struggle between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots. Although told from a Greek Cypriot point of view, Chrysafis does attempt to provide an objective and balanced account of the Greek, Turkish, and British involvement in the struggle and mostly succeeds. Even so, it is the British who come off worst, a case of complacent and misguided colonial rule. The scenes of torture and executions portray the brutality of their authority and reveal the author's full contempt for their actions. These scenes are particularly poignant given that they describe events which took so soon after the World War II. Andartes is also a novel of Greek-Turkish friendship and traces the relationship between a young Greek and a Turk, and how they are shaped by the violence of those years. The author concludes that violence begets violence, and in the end, nobody remains unaffected. A satisfying emotional read with vivid and believable characters and a gripping story.

Aris

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Author : Dionysis Charitopoulos
language : en
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
Release Date : 2024-03-28

Aris written by Dionysis Charitopoulos and has been published by Austin Macauley Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-28 with History categories.

This book is a torn page from the History of World War II. It cost the author 20 years of research. It cost the Greek National Resistance thousands of dead and wounded in battles and acts of sabotage that have remained unsung. The inspiration and the leader of the unorthodox and harsh war without prisoners against the invaders was Aris; a charismatic 36-year-old man with an iron will. He created ELAS, the largest volunteer army in the history of Greece, and a “Free Greece” within enslaved Europe. But when the invaders left, Aris clashed with the political leadership of both the right and the left and he took to the mountains again, where he committed suicide on June 15, 1945, hounded by all of them.

Special Forces Commander

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Author : Michael Scott
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2012-02-29

Special Forces Commander written by Michael Scott and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-29 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Early in the Second World War, Peter Wand-Tetley volunteered for special service. He saw action first with the newly formed Commandos raiding the North African coast and then in the fierce fighting on Crete. Operations with the LRDG in the Western Desert were followed by SAS actions as Rommel retreated to Tunis. Remarkably he then transferred to the Special Operations Executive and was parachuted blind into enemy occupied Greece in 1943. His role was to train and equip Andarte guerillas and his contribution and courage were recognized by the award of an immediate MC.Following victory in Europe he sailed with the Parachute Regiment to Javo where he fought in the counter-insurgency war.As well as describing his exemplary war record, Special Forces Commander covers Wand-Tetleys early life (he was a superb marksman) and his career post war in the turbulent days of the end of Empire.

The Words Of War

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Author : Marcus Cowper
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-03-25

The Words Of War written by Marcus Cowper and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-25 with History categories.

Using the Imperial War Museum's vast archive of personal diaries, this remarkable anthology examines the stories of ordinary men and women who fought, and in some cases died, on the front line and home front during the Second World War. The Words of War features diverse first-hand accounts from individuals who took part in the key campaigns of the war. In the words of the young officer facing defeat and capture at Dunkirk, the pilot officer losing friends and comrades during the Battle of Britain, the Land Girl dealing with a new life in the countryside, the Royal Naval seaman fighting the weather in the Russian convoys, the infantryman about to hit the beaches on D-Day, the bomb aimer aboard an Avro Lancaster as it heads towards another German target, the soldier fighting in the Far East against the Japanese, and many others, this unique publication vividly documents the harsh realities of day-to-day life during the conflict. With each diary entry placed in context within a historical narrative that weaves together the complete story for the reader, The Words of War provides a poignant and emotional insight into the human cost of war, whilst shedding new light on this unforgettable period in history.

After The War Was Over

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Author : Mark M. Mazower
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2016-09-29

After The War Was Over written by Mark M. Mazower and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-29 with History categories.

This volume makes available some of the most exciting research currently underway into Greek society after Liberation. Together, its essays map a new social history of Greece in the 1940s and 1950s, a period in which the country grappled--bloodily--with foreign occupation and intense civil conflict. Extending innovative historical approaches to Greece, the contributors explore how war and civil war affected the family, the law, and the state. They examine how people led their lives, as communities and individuals, at a time of political polarization in a country on the front line of the Cold War's division of Europe. And they advance the ongoing reassessment of what happened in postwar Europe by including regional and village histories and by examining long-running issues of nationalism and ethnicity. Previously neglected subjects--from children and women in the resistance and in prisons to the state use of pageantry--yield fresh insights. By focusing on episodes such as the problems of Jewish survivors in Salonika, memories of the Bulgarian occupation of northern Greece, and the controversial arrest of a war criminal, these scholars begin to answer persistent questions about war and its repercussions. How do people respond to repression? How deep are ethnic divisions? Which forms of power emerge under a weakened state? When forced to choose, will parents sacrifice family or ideology? How do ordinary people surmount wartime grievances to live together? In addition to the editor, the contributors are Eleni Haidia, Procopis Papastratis, Polymeris Voglis, Mando Dalianis, Tassoula Vervenioti, Riki van Boeschoten, John Sakkas, Lee Sarafis, Stathis N. Kalyvas, Anastasia Karakasidou, Bea Lefkowicz, Xanthippi Kotzageorgi-Zymari, Tassos Hadjianastassiou, and Susanne-Sophia Spiliotis.

The Department Of State Bulletin

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1947

The Department Of State Bulletin written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1947 with United States categories.

The Kapetanios

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Author : Dominique Eudes
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 1973

The Kapetanios written by Dominique Eudes and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with History categories.

The complicated and dramatic course of the Civil War in Greece had, for lack of parties interested in reconstructing the truth of its events, never been narrated prior to the appearance of this volume. It closed a gap in the history of our times, and did so with thoroughness and vivid journalistic immediacy. In addition to the known sources and unpublished documents, the author relied on testimony painstakingly collected from survivors of the tragedy who were scattered throughout the world. It remains the authoritative account of the kapetanios, the guerrilla chiefs who organized the partisans in the Greek mountains.

Near Eastern Series

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Author : United States. Department of State
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1931

Near Eastern Series written by United States. Department of State and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1931 with categories.

Dandelions For Dinner

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Author : Sam P. Stamatis
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2011-12-22

Dandelions For Dinner written by Sam P. Stamatis and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-22 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

What happens to a family already on the brink of disaster when the world around them crumbles? Dandelions for Dinner presents a memoir set in the sleepy town of Gargaliani, Greece, spanning the last quarter of the nineteenth century through the Greek Civil War of the 1940s. Told through the eyes of a thirteen-year-old boy, it is an epic tale of youth, family, poverty, war, and unjust loss. It is also an uplifting story of how in the midst of calamity, survival is possible by using your head, taking your hits, and maintaining an undying faith. Though it is the tale of a family that is by all standards poor, Dandelions for Dinner demonstrates just how rich the poor can be when they have hope, faith, and love for one anotherwhen they maintain the lessons of their parents and forefathers, nurture a love of education, and never let up on their hope for freedom. This memoir is, above all, a story about the importance of Americanot only for those who live there, but also for all those who reside in the dark corners of faraway lands and dream of a better life. Over the course of their life together, any family will most assuredly experience both want and plenty, suffering and joy. Dandelions for Dinner is the surprising story of what remains when everything else is lost.

The Battle For Bodies Hearts And Minds In Postwar Greece

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Author : Gonda Van Steen
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-12-01

The Battle For Bodies Hearts And Minds In Postwar Greece written by Gonda Van Steen and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-01 with History categories.

The previously unpublished memoir of social worker Charles Schermerhorn offers new and eye-opening source material pertaining to the epicenter of the early Cold War: northern Greece. This book brings this memoir to light to enrich the discussion about the Greek Civil War and the late 1940s, through the highly perceptive views of a firsthand observer of the turmoil. Schermerhorn’s writings speak most compellingly to the power of human agency amid adverse sociopolitical circumstances. His memoir takes a child-centered and social-historical approach to controversial events, filling a great void in our knowledge. This book looks at a single mid-twentieth-century crisis in multidimensional ways, as a moral, material, social, and institutional calamity that mobilized a motley crew of actors, from new humanitarian aid organizations to press agents, from soldiers to destitute repeat-refugees, from fledgling modern missionaries to foreign diplomats and economic strategists. It was Schermerhorn’s unique achievement to interact with them all, seeking common ground in the arduous task of trying to improve living conditions for children and rural families. But he also realized how easily foreign aid could become a tool of political power and expediency. Focusing on the Greek Civil War, this book will interest readers studying the Cold War, the heated peripheries of proxy wars, and the devastating social fallout of conflicts raging in areas hidden from public view. The global history of humanitarian crises is a burgeoning field, and Schermerhorn was the first to place Greek children and villagers, who themselves left hardly any sources behind, at the center of this urgent and ever-relevant debate.