Proceedings of the international symposium organized by the Modern Greek Studies Association (MGSA) at The American University, Washington, D.C., from November 9-12, 1978.

Included are the presentations:

Overview - Nikos G. Svoronos, "The main problems of the period 1940-1950 in Greek history"

A. Occupation, Resistance, and the British - Giannis O. Iatridis, "Introduction" - Ioannis A. Petropoulos, "The Greek traditional parties during the Occupation" - Ioannis L. Chondros, "The Greek resistance 1940-1944: reassessment" - Hagen Fleischer, "Contacts between the German occupation authorities and the main organizations of the Greek resistance" - Stavros B. Thomadakis, "Black market, inflation, and violence in the economy of occupied Greece" - C. M. Woodhouse, "The National Liberation Front and its relationship with Britain" - Richard Clogg, "The Special Operations Executive SOE in Greece" - Prokopis Papastratis, "The Papandreou government and the Lebanon Conference" - Lars Baerentzen, "The liberation of the Peloponnese, September 1944"

B. Liberation, Civil War, and Americans - Giannis O. Iatridis, "Introduction" - George M. Alexander, "The demobilization crisis of November 1944" - Heinz Richter, "The Varkiza Agreement and the causes of the Civil War" - G. Th. Mavrogordatos, "The elections and the referendum of 1946: prelude to the Civil War" - Giannis O. Iatridis, "Civil War 1945-1949: national and international factors" - Nikos K. Alivizatos, "State of emergency and political freedoms, 1946-1949" - Lawrence S. Wittner, "American policy towards Greece: 1944-1949" - Argyrios A. Fatouros, "How an official framework of penetration is constructed: the United States in Greece, 1947-1948" - Adamantia Pollis, "U.S. intervention in Greek labor unions, 1947-1950" - Vangelis Koufoudakis, "The United States, the United Nations, and the Greek issue, 1946-1952" - Kostas Vergopoulos, "The formation of the new bourgeoisie, 1944-1952" - Konstantinos Tsoukalas, "The ideological impact of the Civil War"