The publication of the volume "Selected Works of Modern Greek History - Tribute to Alexandros I. Despotopoulos" is a minimal indication of the appreciation of modern historians towards Alexandros I. Despotopoulos, the historian and citizen who tried and succeeded in always acting in complete alignment with the humanistic and democratic values that govern his life.

Simple, with a strong sense of justice and dignity, conciliatory, honest, completely indifferent to worldly ambitions, selfless and generous, this calm-toned person embodies a positive personality, a rare and valuable human type in our days.
The collaborators of the former seat of the "Political History of Modern Greece" of the Panteion University (now Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences), whose feelings I express through the editing of this volume, we have him in our thoughts and in our hearts, always, with respect and tenderness.

Athens 1994, Stefanos P. Papageorgiou