What exactly was December '44? Who wanted to crush the great popular movement of the EAM-ELAS just two months after the liberation of the country from German occupation? Who were the key factors that led to the December conflict?

How much did December shape the subsequent course of the country and how fresh are the scars still? Critical questions for one of the most dramatic chapters in modern Greek history, which distinguished historians and scholars were called to answer at a two-day scientific symposium.

Their presentations, as well as interventions and discussions, make up the content of this book. Whatever the latest contributions of contemporary historical thought and research have provided, always framed with documents and evidence, the reader will find recorded in this valuable volume, a reflection of an era and a struggle that may have ended in defeat, but was not lost.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]