LEADER 03559nam 2200553 450 001 9910466777703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-5017-3233-1 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501732331 035 $a(CKB)4100000006673700 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5774229 035 $a(OCoLC)1132223764 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse71263 035 $a(DE-B1597)515164 035 $a(OCoLC)1110707781 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501732331 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5774229 035 $a(OCoLC)1101802523 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000006673700 100 $a20190529d1989 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMoscow and Greek communism, 1944-1949 /$fby Peter J. Stavrakis 210 1$aIthaca, New York ;$aLondon :$cCornell University Press,$d[1989] 210 4$d©1989 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 243 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8014-2125-X 320 $aBibliography: p. [221]-231. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tPREFACE -- $tABBREVIATIONS -- $tTRANSLITERATION AND DOCUMENTATION -- $tMap -- $t1. INTRODUCTION: THE GREEK CIVIL WAR AND SOVIET FOREIGN POLICY -- $t2. CONSOLIDATING WARTIME GAINS, 1944-1945 -- $t3. POSTWAR SOVIET OBJECTIVES AND GREEK COMMUNIST GRADUALISM, 1945-1946 -- $t4. FROM DUALISM TO DEFEAT, 1946-1949: THE SOVIET IMPACT ON THE THIRD ROUND OF THE CIVIL WAR -- $t5. ELITE CONFLICT AND SOVIET POLICY IN GREECE -- $t6. THE IMPACT OF SOVIET POLICY ON POSTWAR BALKAN POLITICS -- $tAPPENDIX: HISTORICAL NARRATIVE AND PATH ANALYSIS -- $tBIBLIOGRAPHY -- $tINDEX 330 $aMoscow and Greek Communism is the first comprehensive analysis of Soviet conduct in Greece during the most critical period of Greek history in this century-the last months of World War II and the years of the Greek Civil War. Peter J. Stavrakis demonstrates that Soviet policy in Greece was highly mutable and reveals how its shifts were governed by Moscow's changing aims in the Near East generally, Soviet policy toward the Western powers, and the constantly changing Greek political situation.Stavrakis draws on previously inaccessible evidence from Greek Communist archives, recently declassified materials from the U.S. National Archives, documents from British archives, and personal memoirs of former Greek partisans to create the most accurate picture available of developments in the Balkans between 1944 and 1949. He traces the course of Soviet policy, explaining why Stalin vacillated in his attitude toward the armed insurgency of the Greek Communist party (KKE), finally acting in a way that ensured its defeat. Students of Soviet foreign policy will want to consider his thesis that the lessons learned in Greece have continued to guide Soviet interventionism in regions where its capabilities for control are limited. 606 $aCommunism$zGreece 606 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism$2bisacsh 607 $aGreece$xHistory$yCivil War, 1944-1949 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCommunism 615 7$aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism. 676 $a949.5074 700 $aStavrakis$b Peter J.$f1955-$01036865 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910466777703321 996 $aMoscow and Greek communism, 1944-1949$92457469 997 $aUNINA