The preface of a book is often not read for two reasons. The first is that the reader is eager to get to the main body of the text, which is what they bought the book for. The second is that prefaces tend to simply praise the author. We will try to avoid the latter, as the former is beyond our control.

Dr. Ioannis Papafloratos has already written eighteen books, including the fundamental two-volume work "The History of the Greek Army 1833-1949". His long-standing and selfless love and interest in the Pontic Greeks and their culture is widely known. After all, he has been trying for years to introduce the Pontic genocide as a subject of study in military academies.