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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... Military Relations Thanos Veremis 273 284 10. Venizelos and Economic Policy Christine Agriantoni 11. Modernisation and Reaction in Greek Education during the Venizelos Era Alexis Dimaras 319 346 12. Venizelos and Church–State Relations ...
... Military Relations Thanos Veremis 273 284 10. Venizelos and Economic Policy Christine Agriantoni 11. Modernisation and Reaction in Greek Education during the Venizelos Era Alexis Dimaras 319 346 12. Venizelos and Church–State Relations ...
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... military coup in March 1935. His attitude toward the military coup in March 1935 certainly represented a failure of nerve. Greece's 'Anatolian venture',9 however, which he initiated, despite serious warnings to the contrary,10 was the ...
... military coup in March 1935. His attitude toward the military coup in March 1935 certainly represented a failure of nerve. Greece's 'Anatolian venture',9 however, which he initiated, despite serious warnings to the contrary,10 was the ...
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... military service obligations of the timar-holders should be brought up to date and obliged them to enrol in new battalions in the regular army, at the same time discouraging the right to use a substitute; this led in practice to the ...
... military service obligations of the timar-holders should be brought up to date and obliged them to enrol in new battalions in the regular army, at the same time discouraging the right to use a substitute; this led in practice to the ...
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... military tax after 1856).21 It may be noted, in conclusion, that in 1881 the majority (60.4 per cent) of the Muslims on the island lived in eastern Crete: in Lasithi and above all in Irakleion and the two provinces of Rethymnon that ...
... military tax after 1856).21 It may be noted, in conclusion, that in 1881 the majority (60.4 per cent) of the Muslims on the island lived in eastern Crete: in Lasithi and above all in Irakleion and the two provinces of Rethymnon that ...
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... military schools. All commercial, political and legal differences between Muslims and non-Muslims were to be referred to joint courts, and freedom of representation on provincial and community councils was to be secured for the various ...
... military schools. All commercial, political and legal differences between Muslims and non-Muslims were to be referred to joint courts, and freedom of representation on provincial and community councils was to be secured for the various ...
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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