Panayotis Kanellopoulos , 1902-86, Greek writer and political leader. A professor of sociology at the Univ. of Athens, he was active in World War II in the resistance and in the government-in-exile, in which he served as deputy premier and war minister. An outspoken opponent of authoritarianism, after the 1967 military coup he was subjected to arrest and house detention under the junta. Kanellopoulos is the author of essays, poems, and dramas in the fields of sociology and cultural philosophy. His work includes Ascent to Faith (1966), Mistra: The Byzantine Pompeii (1963), and Five Men—Five Centuries (1971).
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With Sten guns and sovereigns Britain and US saved Iran's throne for the Shah
The Independent - London; 3/15/1997; Robert Fisk; 1084 words;
... elected Tory MP for Oxford in 1959, is now translating a work of modern Greek history by his late wartime friend Panayotis Kanellopoulos. But he has not forgotten what Allen Dulles, the CIA director, said to him on his return to Washington in 1953 ...
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Minority report. (new evidence on who killed George Polk) (column)
The Nation; 2/16/1985; Hitchens, Christopher; 965 words;
... and the investigation were rigged. The foreword to his book, written by former conservative Prime Minister Panayotis Kanellopoulos, compares Staktopoulos to Dreyfus. It is only a matter of time until, like Dreyfus, he is given a full judicial ...
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