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Further information on major topics can then be sought in the selective
bibliography.
It is important for the author of such a historical dictionary to see the
country both from within and without, so as to understand better what
outsiders want to know and be able to convey this information cogently.
Dimitris Keridis certainly fits the bill. A Greek himself, he studied in
Greece and received a JD from the Law School of the Aristotelian
University of Thessaloniki. He then obtained his PhD from the Fletcher
School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in the United States,
where he also served as the Constantine Karamanlis Associate Professor
in Hellenic and Southeastern European Studies, after serving as director
of the Kokkalis Program and also as a lecturer of Balkan Studies
at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
At present, he is an associate professor of international politics at the
University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki and a senior associate at the
Karamanlis Foundation in Athens. His main research interests—all of
which were crucial for this book—include foreign policy, European
politics, nationalism, and democracy. He has written widely, most of
this relating to Greece, although his latest book deals with U.S. foreign
policy.
Jon Woronoff
Series Editor
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