The Greek Connection: The Life of Elias Demetracopoulos and the Untold Story of Watergate

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He was one of the most fascinating figures in twentieth-century political history. Yet today, Elias Demetracopoulos is strangely overlooked-even though his life reads like an epic adventure story . . . As a precocious twelve-year-old in occupied Athens, he engaged in heroic resistance efforts against the Nazis, for which he was imprisoned and tortured. After his life was miraculously spared, he became an investigative journalist, covering Greece's tumultuous politics and America's increasing influence in the region. A clever and scoop-hungry reporter, Elias soon gained access to powerful figures in both governments . . . and attracted many enemies. When the Greek military dictatorship took power in 1967, he narrowly escaped to Washington DC, where he would lead the fight to restore democracy in his homeland-while running afoul of the American government, too. Now, after a decade of research and original reporting, James H. Barron uncovers the story of a man whose tireless pursuit of uncomfortable truths would put him at odds with not only his own government, but that of the Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Reagan administrations, making him a target of CIA, FBI, and State Department surveillance and harassment-and Greek kidnapping and assassination plots American authorities may have purposefully overlooked.

Format: Audio CD

Publisher: Kalorama

Release: July 28, 2020

ISBN: 1696601568

ISBN 13: 9781696601566

The Greek Connection: The Life of Elias Demetracopoulos and the Untold Story of Watergate

Robert Fass

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The Greek Connection: The Life of Elias Demetracopoulos and the Untold Story of Watergate

The Greek Connection: The Life of Elias Demetracopoulos and the Untold Story of Watergate

The Greek Connection: The Life of Elias Demetracopoulos and the Untold Story of Watergate

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