André Gerolymatos is a Greek

Greeks

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-Canadian professor at Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University

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, and holds the Hellenic Canadian Congress of British Columbia Chair in Hellenic Studies.

Gerolymatos is the author of a number of books on Greek history

History of Greece

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, including 2004's Red Acropolis, Black Terror: The Greek Civil War and the Origins of Soviet-American Rivalry, 1943-1949, which argues that the Greek Civil War

Greek Civil War

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 was the first engagement of the United States

United States

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 in the Cold War

Cold War

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. In 2005, Gerolymatos was interviewed for the documentary film The 11th Day: Crete 1941

The 11th Day: Crete 1941

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, a film which documents the Battle of Crete

Battle of Crete

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and the resistance that followed.