What content did the resistance have? What were its goals? What was its character? What causes gave rise to the resistance? Which forces participated in it? What is the ideological background, the ideology of the resistance? What forms of struggle did it use?

Manolis Glezos meticulously studies the six-year history of our country from 1940 to 1945, expressing remarkable originality in views and positions. In his study, all three phases of the Resistance are presented: The great NO and the widespread participation of the Greek people in repelling the invaders in 1940-1941, the contribution of the Greek people in the Battle of Crete, when the dictatorial regime of August 4th was collapsing, and the undertaking of the National Resistance struggle by the Greek people, when the national state had been dismantled by the occupation state.

In his book, Manolis Glezos, relying on exhaustive research of the data, reveals the true protagonist, which was the Greek people, and re-establishes the Resistance as self-generated and people-born. The 349 resistance organizations, which are presented together for the first time to the reading public, constitute an important historical material, useful not only to the bibliophile reader but also to the historian of the period.

The reader who wishes to delve into this book should know that it does not relate to an ordinary history book, where events are narrated and answers to questions are provided like a recipe. On the contrary, it is a research that will keep him alert, making him reflect on the importance of knowledge and understanding of the past.

However, a book is not just content. It is - at the same time - discourse and form. In our case, the historical parameter organically ties with the literary one. Glezos gives his best in this major work and delivers a piece that proves to be equally significant as a historiographical tool as it is a captivating narrative.

The work spans 1272 pages and is published in two consecutive bound volumes, framed by numerous documents and photographic material that cover the most fundamental and essential aspects of the period and its protagonists.