Aristide D. Caratzas
Aristide D. Caratzas (September 30, 1945 - June 16, 2016) was a Greek-American publisher, business consultant and lobbyist.[1][2] Notably, he was involved in organising the U.S. embargo on Turkey after the invasion of Cyprus in 1975. He also owned an academic publishing house from 1975, which got into the news in 1989 for publishing The Slaughterhouse Province: An American Diplomat's Report on the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1917.[3] Caratzas was an avid book collector and his personal collection (owned by the Laskaridis Foundation) is estimated at 15,000 books.[4]
Publishing House[edit]
While he was still a student, he opened a bookstore with a friend of his, Franklin Victor Spellman, which they named after their middle names "Demetrius & Victor". Together they published at least three books.[5]
Aristide D. Caratzas selected and published over 300 books from 1975 onwards. Some notable books include:
The Slaughterhouse Province: An American Diplomat's Report on the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1917, by Leslie A. Davis, published 1988, which reportedly "provoked a diplomatic storm".[6][7][8]
Gardens of Pompeii, by Wilhelmina F. Jashemski, published 1993, which led to her being awarded the highest honour of the Archaeological Institute of America, the Gold Medal for Archaeological Achievement in 1996.[9][10][11]
A Modern Greek-English Dictionary, by Demetrius J. Georgakas, published 2005, which was awarded with the Outstanding Academic Title Award by Choice Magazine.[12]
Lobbying and Political Involvement[edit]
In 1975, Caratzas helped organize the US arms embargo on Turkey, which lasted until 1978, and is said to have had a profound impact on U.S.-Turkey relations.[13][14]
It is said that he was friends with Stephen Bryen, the U.S. Deputy Under Secretary of Defense from 1981-1988,[15] and that he introduced him to Greek authorities in order to provide them with ideas to "save" the Greek defense industry. He was also associated with Alex Rondos[16], and was investigated in 2014 in connection to him.[17][18]
"Caratzas had been suspected of spying for the Israeli and American governments, charges which he strongly denied, dismissing many of them as silly, particularly because they went against the interests of his beloved Greece."[19][20]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Publisher - Scholar Aristide Caratzas Dies in Athens". The National Herald. 2016-06-25. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ↑ "The National Herald Newspaper" (PDF). The National Herald - Εθνικός Κήρυξ. March 22–28, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ McKenna, Kate (1989-12-03). "Account of Armenian Massacre Provokes Diplomatic Storm". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ↑ "Η βιβλιοθήκη του εκδότη Αριστείδη Καρατζά". Ίδρυμα Αικατερίνης Λασκαρίδη (in Ελληνικά). 2018-02-13. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ↑ "Franklin Victor Spellman (1945-2015) | The New Antiquarian | The Blog of The Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America". www.abaa.org. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ↑ McKenna, Kate (1989-12-03). "Account of Armenian Massacre Provokes Diplomatic Storm". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ↑ "Educational Resources -- The Slaughterhouse Province: An American Diplomat's Report on the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1917". www.armenian-genocide.org. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ↑ "The Slaughterhouse Province: An American… | Beth Mardutho Research Library | TinyCat". Beth Mardutho Research Library Online Catalog. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ↑ "Wilhelmina and Stanley Jashemski Lecture". Archaeological Institute of America. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ↑ "Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski", Wikipedia, 2019-03-30, retrieved 2020-04-20
- ↑ "PDS SSO". catalog.umd.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ↑ "Παρουσίαση Βιβλίου". www.proslipsis.gr. Retrieved 2020-04-20. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–1980, Volume XXI, Cyprus; Turkey; Greece - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ↑ Times, Nicholas Gage Special to The New York (1978-08-03). "Greece Criticizes U.S. for Lifting the Arms Embargo Against Turkey". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ↑ "Stephen Bryen". Militarist Monitor. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ↑ "Project on Transitional Democracy - Alex Rondos". projecttransitionaldemocracy.org. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ↑ "The National Herald Newspaper" (PDF). The National Herald. March 22–28, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Greek Authorities Investigate Caratzas, Likely for Espionage". The National Herald. 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ↑ "Publisher - Scholar Aristide Caratzas Dies in Athens". The National Herald. 2016-06-25. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ↑ "Greek Authorities Investigate Caratzas, Likely for Espionage". The National Herald. 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
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