“. . . The faster we awaken from the convenient, comforting myths [. . .] that are nurtured by the weaknesses of Greece, political interests, and foreign influences, the quicker we will shape realistic policy.

The people and leadership are co-responsible for both the good and the bad. Because the people, with a mostly relaxed sense of values, choose their leaders from their own flesh. Reality, insistent, compels us to move in a one-way direction toward safeguarding national interests. Ultimately, we have no choice but to resist.

Woe to the peoples who believe that in a confrontation with expansionist, aggressive neighbors they are doomed from the start.” [Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]