Cover -- The Big Three Allies And The European Resistance: Intelligence, Politics, And The Origins Of The Cold War, 1939-1945 -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Maps -- Introduction -- Part I -- 1: Resistance And Diplomacy In Occupied Europe: September 1939-july 1940 -- Generals Without An Army: The Comintern On The Eve Of The War -- 'we Have Gotten Smarter!': Stalin And The War -- British Experiments In Guerrilla Warfare -- Polish Agenda -- The Special Operations Executive -- 2: The Special Operations Executive At War: July 1940-june 1941 'if German Resistance Did Not Exist, It Was Necessary To Invent It' -- Polish And Czechoslovak Entanglements -- Soe And The Governments-in-exilein London -- A Hotbed Of Troubles: The Balkans On The Verge Of War -- The German Invasion Of The Balkans -- 3: The Communists Enter The Scene: June 1941-november 1941 -- The Comintern And The European Communists After June 1941 -- The Reorientation Of British Policy -- Central Europe Between The West And The East -- The Balkans In Flames -- The Outbreak Of Civil War In Yugoslavia And The First Anglo-soviet Skirmishes -- Part Ii 4: Uncertain Times: December 1941-december 1942 -- The Foreign Office-soe Agreement -- The Soviets Move Into The Yugoslav Morass -- Soe On The Slippery Slope In Greece -- A Hudson For Greece: Soe Middle East Full Steam Ahead -- The Americans Join In: The Office Of Strategic Services -- 5: The Militarization Of British Policy And The Beginning Of The Us Challenge In The Mediterranean: January-december 1943 -- The Communist Resistance In The Balkans -- Soe's 'fighting Greece' -- Tito Emerges -- Showdown In The Balkans -- 6: The Communist Movement On The Offensive: January-december 1943 Polish And Czechoslovak Dilemmas -- Stalin's Move On Poland -- The Disbandment Of The Comintern -- The Balkan Powder Keg -- Churchill's Fateful Decision -- Part Iii -- 7: Civil War And Liberation In The Balkans 1944-1945 -- Greece And Albania In The Civil War -- Out In The Cold: Churchill And Yugoslavia In 1944 -- Eam's Bid For Power In Greece -- The Soviets Weigh In -- Stalin And Tito In 1944 -- Endgame In The Balkans -- 8: Central And Eastern Europe Between Liberation And Soviet Occupation: 1944-1945 -- Takeovers -- The Polish Resistance Braces For The Red Army Setting The Scene For The Takeover -- Towards Disaster -- The Warsaw Uprising -- 9: The Liberation Of Western Europe: 1944-1945 -- The Italian Resistance -- The French Partisan Movement And The Invasion Of France -- The Oss-soe Competition Over The Italian Resistance In The Summer Of 1944 -- The Agreement Between Afhq And The Clnai -- The Liberation Of North Italy -- 10: Conclusion -- Main Bibliography -- Special Operations Executive And British Policy -- Us Office Of Strategic Services And Us Policy -- Comintern And Soviet Union -- European Resistance -- Inter-alliesrelations -- Albania Tommaso Piffer. Also Issued In Print: 2024. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Oxford Available Via World Wide Web.