Interview with Fotini Tomai “Ten Americans were the most devoted philhellenes in 1821 — they had fought off the British and knew what oppression meant”
In the second part of her interview, historian Fotini Tomai discusses the myths and realities of the Greek War of Independence, the sincere and selfless philhellenism of Americans, the major support the U.S. offered to Greeks, and later historical cases such as Roosevelt and journalist George Polk