Part I. The early years. 1. The convulsions of affiliation -- 2. The process of bolshevization -- 3. Stalinism and the Greek communists -- 4. The KKE and Greek politics -- 5. The Macedonian question -- Part II. The "monolithic" party. 6. Mending the broken fences -- 7. Subversion through co-operation -- 8. Preparing for the "approaching decisive struggles" -- 9. Dictatorship or revolution? -- 10. The party under the dictatorship -- Part III. "Turning the imperialist war into civil war". 11. The resistance movement grows -- 12. Monopolizing the resistance -- 13. The conflict deepens -- 14. The "bloodless" liberation -- Part IV. The third round. 15. "Regrouping the Communist forces" -- 16. Guerrilla war -- 17. The tide turns -- 18. After the defeat