The dichotomy of Revolution/Counter-Revolution pulls Greek society into a deadly whirlpool during the period of 1943-1945. The War, the Occupation, the Resistance, set the stage for a large and violent social conflict as the surge of hope for an undefined post-war "Otherwise," expressed with the slogan "People's Democracy!", intersects with the consequent reaction to this prospect.

The book focuses on the large city and the refugee neighborhood, a revolutionary hub, a place where "we want" and "we can" converge. The challenge of "revisionist History" serves only as a pretext for this study, whose main objective is to understand the revolutionary phenomenon in the 20th century.

Left-wing stereotypes also become the subject of critical examination. The discussion about the leadership's responsibilities constantly stumbles over these, making it imperative to understand the terms of a confrontation that was wholly political and not merely military, as well as the communist identity, as it had formed during the Interwar period.