Eleftherios Venizelos: The Trials of Statesmanship

by Paschalis M. Kitromilides, Paschalis M. Kitromilides (Editor)

Overview

Eleftherios Venizelos, Prime Minister of Greece 1910-1920 and 1928-1932, is regarded by many as the creator of contemporary Greece and one of the main actors in European diplomacy during his time in office.This book draws on considerable new research and places the study of Venizelos' leadership in the broad setting of twentieth-century politics and diplomacy. The complex and often dramatic trajectory of Venizelos' career from Cretan rebel to an admired European statesman is charted in a sequence of chapters that survey his meteoric rise and great achievements in Greek and European politics amidst violent passions and tragic conflicts. Further chapters appraise in depth some critical aspects of his policies, while a conclusion offers a glimpse into a great statesman's personal and intellectual world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780748633647
Publisher:	Edinburgh University Press
Publication date:	06/02/2008
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Paschalis M. Kitromilides is Professor of Political Science at the University of Athens

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Note on transliteration Introduction. Perspectives on a Leader I: SETTING THE STAGE1. A Century of Revolutions. The Cretan Question between European and Near Eastern Politics 2. Venizelos’ Early Life and Political Career in Crete (1864-1910) II: THE DRAMA OF HIGH POLITICS3. Venizelos’ Advent in Greek Politics, 1909-1912 4. Protagonist in Politics,1912-1920 5. Venizelos’ Diplomacy 1910-1923: From Balkan Alliance to Greek-Turkish Settlement 6. Reconstructing Greece as a European State: Venizelos’ Last Premiership, 1928-1932 7. I. S. Koliopoulos: The Last Years, 1933-1936 III: THE CONTENT OF POLITICAL ACTION8. Eleftherios Venizelos and the Experiment of Inclusive Constitutionalism 9. Venizelos and Civil-Military Relations 10. Venizelos and Economic Policy 11. Modernisation and reaction in Greek education during the Venizelos era 12. Andreas Nanakis: Venizelos and Church-State Relations 351IV: OFFSTAGE13. Venizelos’ Intellectual Projects and Cultural Interests Contributors

Editorial Reviews

Paschalis Kitromilides' edited volume is … extremely timely in making the most recent scholarship on Venizelos widely available. It is all the more welcome because the portrait provided is rounded and mature … Venizelos was always driven relentlessly by "the intense politicization of life", and it is the politics which comes alive in this indispensable book.

From the Publisher

This book makes a mejor contribution to the literature on a subject about which very little exists in English or in other international languages...Venizelos's unfluence in the shaping of Greek and Balkan history has been immense, and the volume certainly should be considered compulsory reading for the student of Greece and of Southeastern Europe.

European Journal of Cultural Studies - Evanthis Hatzivassiliou