The withered vine : logistics and the communist insurgency in Greece, 1945-1949 /

The withered vine : logistics and the communist insurgency in Greece, 1945-1949 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Shrader, Charles R.
Imprint:	Westport, CT : Praeger, 1999.
Description:	1 online resource (xxii, 317 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Subject:	World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Logistics -- Greece. Communists -- Greece -- Influence. Underground movements, War. Logistics. Greece -- History -- Civil War, 1944-1949. Greece. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11144844

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ISBN:	0275965449 9780275965440 9780313028564 0313028567
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-300) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	Aiming to explain the failure of the Communist insurgency in Greece, this text studies the fate of an armed revolutionary movement which lacks adequate manpower and logistical resources, and is divided on such basic matters as foreign policy and the employment of its military capabilities.
Other form:	Print version: Shrader, Charles R. Withered vine. Westport, CT : Praeger, 1999

Table of Contents:

Preface
Chronology Greece, 1939-1949
Setting the Stage The Greek Resistance Movement, 1941-1945
Internal Conflict in the Greek Communist Party, 1946-1949
The Development of the Greek Democratic Army
The Greek Democratic Army: Manpower and Logistics
The Greek Democratic Army: External Support
The Greek Democratic Army: Strategy, Tactics, and Operations Logistics and the Failure of the Insurrection in Greece
Appendices
Glossary
Selected Bibliography
Index