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The American Hellenic Institute Foundation (AHIF) is pleased to announce the release of its publication THE FIRST VICTORY: Greece in the Second World War by George C. Blytas published jointly with Cosmos Publishing. It provides a sweeping account of the role Greece played during the Second World War. Greece’s seven-month resistance between 1940 and 1941 against the invading armies of Italy and Germany established the first Allied victory and became an inspiration to freedom-loving countries everywhere. Using intricately detailed descriptions and maps, Blytas recounts the events that preceded the Second World War and unfolds the diplomatic and military developments that cemented Greece’s role in securing the first victory. Please click here if you would like to order one copy online via Paypal. Please click here if you would like to order more than one copy or via check (90KB PDF).
The American Hellenic Institute Foundation (AHIF) is pleased to announce the release of its new publication “Cyprus 35 Years Later: What is Needed for a Solution?” This 160 page volume includes the papers presented at two seminars marking Turkey’s 1974 invasion and occupation of Cyprus which were sponsored by the AHIF and held in Washington, DC. The most recent seminar held on July 22, 2009. The speakers were Dr. Ted Galen Carpenter, vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C., attorney Nicholas Karambelas, Cyprus Ambassador to the U.S. Andreas Kakouris and Eugene T. Rossides, Founder of AHIF. AHIF seminar “Cyprus: 34 Years Later” was held on July 16, 2008. The speakers were Dr. Ted Galen Carpenter, Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and Vice President of Policy for Citizen Outreach, Ambassador Andreas Kakouris and Eugene T. Rossides. Dr. John Brademas, former Congressman and President Emeritus of New York University, was the moderator. He was a leader of the successful effort in the House in the fall of 1974 in enacting the Rule of Law Arms Embargo against Turkey. Moderator for the seminar was Washington Times Managing Editor-print David Jones, a position he was appointed to in February 2008. He had served as the paper’s foreign editor from 1994 to 2007 after four years as deputy foreign editor. Special Offer!Purchase two copies for your U.S. Representative and get one FREE. (Click here for ordering options.)
The U.S.’s first experiment with clandestine commando warfare took place in World War II. Under a secret OSS plan, small groups of specially trained U.S. Army infantrymen of various ethnic backgrounds were infiltrated into occupied Europe to assist local partisan groups in resisting the Nazis. Among these secret “Operational Groups”—the OGs—were Greek Americans, whose mission was to make the German withdrawal from Greece in 1944 as costly as possible. They succeeded far beyond expectations, but the records of their secret service were sealed for forty years, and their story is largely unknown. This short video brings their bravery to light in anticipation of a full-length documentary.
Click here for further information The long awaited, but timely, comprehensive publication on The United
States and Cyprus: Double Standards and the Rule of Law is now completed.
The publications contains over 50 speeches given at five conferences sponsored
by the AHI from 1988 to 1999 and submitted articles. It includes important
statements from U.S. officials, Members of Congress, academics, and others.
The AHIF feels that the release of this book during this important period in Cyprus' history will help to further support and strengthen the position of Cyprus. The publication is 416 pages with hard-cover.
Click here for further information Blood and Tears is a powerful autobiography set in the turbulent decade of 1940s Greece. Through the eyes of George Papavizas, an impressionable and intelligent young man who came of age in a time of war, foreign occupation, resistance, and civil war, we witness the tragedy and trauma suffered by an entire nation. While uniquely personal, this is also the story of the thousands of young Greek men and women cast unwillingly into the ambivalences and horrors of war and civil war. The author’s descriptions are vivid and convincing. Against a rigorously researched backdrop of the key historical events, we see youthful idealism being forcibly reconciled to the realities of hunger, brutality, dissension, and death. With a keen eye for detail, and reflecting on the mundane as well as the profound, we watch as Greece patriotically fends off foreign invasion and survives years of harsh occupation, but gullibly and disastrously succumbs to the blandishments of utopians.
From the Introduction: General Andrew J. Goodpaster, USA (Ret.) Published by American Hellenic Institute Foundation Click here for further information
The American Hellenic Institute Foundation (AHIF) is proud to announce the publication of Modern Greeks by Costas Stassinopoulos. It is a gripping story of struggle and triumph in Greece from 1940 to 1949 and concentrates on three critical phases of Greek history: The war against the Italians and the Germans; the national resistance, and the civil war that followed. The author fought in the heroic resistance against the fascist invaders and vividly recounts how Greece, ancient cradle of democracy, helped save democracy in its darkest hour. The sacrifice, honor, and successes of the Greek armed forces and the Greek guerrillas drew the admiration of the free world and kindled hope for the final victory of the Allied powers. Click here for further information
The American Hellenic Institute Foundation is pleased to announce the publication of the The Truman Doctrine of Aid to Greece: A Fifty-Year Retrospective This volume is jointly published by the prestigious Academy of Political Science (APS) and AHIF. The book dramatizes Greece's historic role in the "turning point" in world history in the containment and defeat of communism. Further, it brings to light the lessons to be learned and applied to current foreign policy initiatives in the Eastern Mediterranean duly noting the strategic importance of Greece, both then and now, and policy implications for the U.S. The book includes the papers presented at the conference held on March 12-13, 1997 in Washington, DC commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Truman Doctrine. Click here for further information
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Published in July, 1991. 70 pages. The article discusses the analogy between Iraq's aggression against Kuwait and Turkey's aggression against Cyprus. Click here for further information
This book contains the papers presented at the AHI Legislative Conference held in Washington, DC on January 28, 1989. 101 pages. Click here for further information
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THE FIRST VICTORY: Greece in the Second World War is available in hard cover, 600 pages with 24 maps and 43 pictures. ISBN 978-1-932455-19-9; Price: $39.95 plus $7 for postage and handling. 
Cyprus 35 Years Later: What is Needed for a Solution?
The Greek American Operational Groups
