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 22
... issues, conflicted de facto with the very nature of the Ottoman regime. THE CHALEPA PACT OF 1878 The sequence of ... issue not only of the unfettered implementation of the Organic Statute, but also of its amendment to conform with ...
... issues, conflicted de facto with the very nature of the Ottoman regime. THE CHALEPA PACT OF 1878 The sequence of ... issue not only of the unfettered implementation of the Organic Statute, but also of its amendment to conform with ...
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... issue banknotes. The assembled opposition supporters abandoned completely their demand for unification with Greece and submitted a memorandum in which they sought the replacement of the governor general Sardinski Pasha (the only ...
... issue banknotes. The assembled opposition supporters abandoned completely their demand for unification with Greece and submitted a memorandum in which they sought the replacement of the governor general Sardinski Pasha (the only ...
Page 44
... issue to him. The delegation first published a protest in the 3 November edition of the Athenian newspaper Nea Ephimeris, strongly reiterating that 'the aim of the Cretan people was union with Greece, to which aim the many past revolts ...
... issue to him. The delegation first published a protest in the 3 November edition of the Athenian newspaper Nea Ephimeris, strongly reiterating that 'the aim of the Cretan people was union with Greece, to which aim the many past revolts ...
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... issue soon became part of the rhetoric against Venizelos, especially in the entourage of Prince George, who viewed the policies of Venizelos as self-serving and, by implication, as serving Turkish interests.47 At twenty-five, Venizelos ...
... issue soon became part of the rhetoric against Venizelos, especially in the entourage of Prince George, who viewed the policies of Venizelos as self-serving and, by implication, as serving Turkish interests.47 At twenty-five, Venizelos ...
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... issue of the paper, he wrote: 'The worst attitude is that of stagnation, the refusal of betterment which leads to misery and internal dissension and which brings a quick corruption of character .. .'51 It is important to realise that at ...
... issue of the paper, he wrote: 'The worst attitude is that of stagnation, the refusal of betterment which leads to misery and internal dissension and which brings a quick corruption of character .. .'51 It is important to realise that at ...
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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