Eleftherios Venizelos: The Trials of StatesmanshipEleftherios 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 has appeared in English more than fifty years ago. The aspiration of the present book is to fill this lacuna by bringing together the concerted research effort of twelve experts on Greek history and politics. The book draws on considerable new research that has appeared in Greek in the last quarter century, but does not confine the treatment of the subject in a purely Greek or even Balkan context. The entire project is oriented toward placing 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 chartered out in a sequence of chapters that survey his meteoric rise and great achievements in Greek and European politics in the early decades of the twentieth century, amidst violent passions and tragic conflicts. Five further essays appraise in depth some critical aspects of his policies, while a final chapter offers some glimpses into a great statesman's personal and intellectual world. The book is based on extensive scholarship but it is eminently readable and it should appeal to all those interested in twentieth-century history, politics and biography, offering a vivid sense of the hopes and tragedies of Greek and European history in the age of the Great War and of the interwar crisis. |
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Page 12
... Powers to the possibility of the complete overthrow of the status quo in the Near East, and under the threat of the bombardment of Alexandria by the European fleets, Mohamed Ali was compelled to back down. In accordance with the Treaty ...
... Powers to the possibility of the complete overthrow of the status quo in the Near East, and under the threat of the bombardment of Alexandria by the European fleets, Mohamed Ali was compelled to back down. In accordance with the Treaty ...
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... Powers, the Cretan Committee sought the unification of the island with Greece or, failing that, the granting of internal autonomy. Placing their hopes in the intervention of the Powers, or at least of Great Britain, which was rumoured ...
... Powers, the Cretan Committee sought the unification of the island with Greece or, failing that, the granting of internal autonomy. Placing their hopes in the intervention of the Powers, or at least of Great Britain, which was rumoured ...
Page 19
... Powers protecting Greece, in which, after referring to their part in the Greek War of Independence of 1821 and, despite this, 'their subjugation once more to the Ottoman yoke', they called upon the Powers to consent to their unification ...
... Powers protecting Greece, in which, after referring to their part in the Greek War of Independence of 1821 and, despite this, 'their subjugation once more to the Ottoman yoke', they called upon the Powers to consent to their unification ...
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... Powers, and to the omnipotence of God on High'.32 The insurrection was proclaimed on paper through this vote, and in practice through armed struggle. Five days later, the insurgents laid siege to the Ottoman forces in Vryses near ...
... Powers, and to the omnipotence of God on High'.32 The insurrection was proclaimed on paper through this vote, and in practice through armed struggle. Five days later, the insurgents laid siege to the Ottoman forces in Vryses near ...
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... Powers declaring its intention to intervene to protect the Christian population, while Constantinople appointed Shakir Pasha as military governor and locum tenens of the governor general, with instructions to restore order swiftly. When ...
... Powers declaring its intention to intervene to protect the Christian population, while Constantinople appointed Shakir Pasha as military governor and locum tenens of the governor general, with instructions to restore order swiftly. When ...
Contents
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PART II The Drama of High Politics | 85 |
3 Venizelos Advent in Greek Politics 190912 | 87 |
4 Protagonist in Politics 191220 | 115 |
From Balkan Alliance to GreekTurkish Settlement | 134 |
PART III The Content of Political Action | 249 |
8 The Experiment of Inclusive Constitutionalism 190932 | 251 |
9 Venizelos and CivilMilitary Relations | 273 |
10 Venizelos and Economic Policy | 284 |
11 Modernisation and Reaction in Greek Education during the Venizelos Era | 319 |
12 Venizelos and ChurchState Relations | 346 |
PART IV Offstage | 375 |
Contributors | 389 |
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