ARIS, LORD OF THE MOUNTAINS

Παρουσίαση

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 went, 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. (From the publisher)

"Aris was the military genius of ELAS." (C.M. Woodhouse, British Colonel in WW II)

"Of all the ELAS leaders that I met -and I met many- only Aris impressed me. He was strong, thoughtful and composed." (Adolfo Infante, Italian General in WW II)

"A monster with leadership and organizational abilities, truly superhuman." (Napoleon Zervas, Greek General and an adversary of Aris)

Περιεχόμενα

PREFACE
1. FOR THE RECORD
2. THE LAW OF ARIS
3. THE OVERLORDS
4. FREE GREECE
5. UNDER GUARDIANSHIP
6. THE FOREIGN BODY
7. SURROUNDED
8. THE EAM STATE
9. THE POLITICIANS ARE COMING
10. THE DIVERSION OF THE STRUGGLE
11. THE WASTE LAND
12. PERSECUTION
13. BY FIRE
14. THE CHILDREN IN THE GALLERY
15. THE ROAD TO MESOUNDA
16. IN MEMORIAM
PHOTOGRAPHS
AFTERWORD
ACRONYMS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ARCHIVES - INTERVIEWS