"Civil Passions" approach the Greek civil war through 23 critical questions and answers, starting from what is a civil war and ending with the legacy it left us. In a concise and direct writing style, Stathis Kalyvas and Nikos Marantzidis attempt a comprehensive interpretation of a complex and multifaceted event that divided a nation and destroyed a country, injuring their collective memory and identity. The civil war remained a source of tension, discord, and passions for many years. However, today we have the ability to reconsider it in a calm and well-documented manner, not necessarily to determine who was right and who was wrong, and certainly not to reproduce the discord it generously distributed, but rather to discover the diverse aspects and dimensions as they emerge from dozens of recent studies. The book is a contribution to our collective self-awareness, aiming to replace civil passions with deepening, knowledge, and ultimately maturity."