The Civil Passions approach the Greek civil war through 23 critical questions and answers, starting from what a civil war is and ending with the legacy it left us. In a concise manner and direct writing, Stathis Kalyvas and Nikos Marantzidis attempt a comprehensive interpretation of a complex and multifaceted event that divided a people and destroyed a country, wounding their collective memory and identity. The civil war remained for many years a source of tensions, discord, and passions. Today, however, we have the opportunity to rethink it in a calm and documented way, not necessarily to determine who was right and who was wrong, and certainly not to reproduce the discord it generously distributed, but to discover its 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.