Eleftherios Venizelos The Trials of Statesmanship

Name: Eleftherios Venizelos The Trials of Statesmanship
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ISBN: 9780748633647

ISBN-10: 0748633642

ISBN-13: 9780748633647

Edition: 2008

Authors: Paschalis M. Kitromilides

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Eleftherios Venizelos, Prime Minister of Greece, 1910-1920 and 1928-1932, could be considered from many points of view the creator of contemporary Greece and one of the main actors in European diplomacy in the period 1910-1935. Yet the last book-length study discussing the man, his politics and his broader role in twentieth-century history appeared in English more than fifty years ago. The aspiration of this book is to fill the lacuna by bringing together the concerted research effort of twelve experts on Greek history and politics. It draws on considerable new research that has appeared in Greek in the last quarter century, but does not confine the treatment of the subject to a purely…

Book details

List price: $43.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publication date: 6/2/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

Paschalis M Kitromilides is professor of political science at the University of Athens.



Foreword



Acknowledgements


Note on Transliteration; Abbreviations


Plates to be found between pages 212 and 213


Introduction: Perspectives on a Leader




Setting the Stage



A Century of Revolutions: The Cretan Question between European and Near Eastern Politics




Venizelos' Early Life and Political Career in Crete, 1864-1910




The Drama of High Politics



Venizelos' Advent in Greek Politics, 1909-12




Protagonist in Politics, 1912-20




Venizelos' Diplomacy, 1910-23: From Balkan Alliance to Greek-Turkish Settlement




Reconstructing Greece as a European State: Venizelos' Last Premiership, 1928-32




The Last Years, 1933-6




The Content of Political Action



The Experiment of Inclusive Constitutionalism, 1909-32




Venizelos and Civil-Military Relations




Venizelos and Economic Policy




Modernisation and Reaction in Greek Education during the Venizelos Era




Venizelos and Church-State Relations




Offstage



Venizelos' Intellectual Projects and Cultural Interests



List of Contributors


Index