Spyridon Plakoudas: 2 books
The Greek Civil War
Strategy, Counterinsurgency and the Monarchy
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
The Greek Civil War (1946–9) was one of the few instances in the post-World War II era of a clear-cut and permanent victory by right-wing government forces over an insurgent communist movement. Spyridon Plakoudas here explores the factors which ultimately caused the downfall of the communist insurgency...
Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in Turkey
The New PKK
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2018
This book seeks to answer the “why” and “how” questions about the insurgency of the PKK, a militant left-wing group of Turkey’s Kurds, in Turkey. The PKK has been inter-locked in an intermittent war against Turkey since 1984 in the name of Kurdish nationalism. The author combines insights...