Dreaming Big in Post-War Greece: Neighborhood, Life Style, and Everyday Practices in the City of Thessaloniki - Paperbackby Miltiadis Zermpoulis (Author) In post war Greece, Western Allies, the country's conservative political elite and parts of the middle class share a dream of consolidating and maintaining the country's Western, bourgeois liberal orientation. In 1947, with the civil war still raging in the country, the Greek government chooses the path of the capitalist countries and joins the American program for the reconstruction of war torn Europe. Miltiadis