In 1995, the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST) and the professional organization of the diplomatic corps DACOR created the publishing series "Diplomats and Diplomacy", with the aim of highlighting the work of American diplomats and their role in world history. Former diplomat Richard Jackson curates a revealing collection of oral stories from his American colleagues who served in Greece from 1940 to 2020.

This exciting book is the 75th in the series and the third to be translated into Greek - preceding Robert Kelley's book The American Embassy and the Collapse of Democracy in Greece, 1966-1969. The testimony of a diplomat, Patakis 2010, and Montignac Stern's book Andreas Papandreou: The Enigma, Estia 2021.