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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... parliament to Constantinople, one Christian and one Muslim, treated the entire matter as a threat to their albeit ... parliament' who were 'elected' one after the other to represent their fellow islanders in the Ottoman parliament ...
... parliament to Constantinople, one Christian and one Muslim, treated the entire matter as a threat to their albeit ... parliament' who were 'elected' one after the other to represent their fellow islanders in the Ottoman parliament ...
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... PARLIAMENTARY' SYSTEM OF CRETE UNDER TURKISH RULE (1878–89) The Pact of Chalepa was immediately put into practice with the appointment as governor general of Alexandros Karatheodori Pasha, one of the numerous eminent Christians holding ...
... PARLIAMENTARY' SYSTEM OF CRETE UNDER TURKISH RULE (1878–89) The Pact of Chalepa was immediately put into practice with the appointment as governor general of Alexandros Karatheodori Pasha, one of the numerous eminent Christians holding ...
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... parliamentary features. Its implementation threw into relief the contradictions and limitations of the regime. At that period, the division of Cretan society into two political groups – that of the liberals or 'barefooted' (xypolitoi) ...
... parliamentary features. Its implementation threw into relief the contradictions and limitations of the regime. At that period, the division of Cretan society into two political groups – that of the liberals or 'barefooted' (xypolitoi) ...
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... parliamentary session of forty days in a usually successful endeavour to invalidate the election of their liberal rivals.54 At the same time, the Pact of Chalepa introduced the condition that the majority of public offices should be ...
... parliamentary session of forty days in a usually successful endeavour to invalidate the election of their liberal rivals.54 At the same time, the Pact of Chalepa introduced the condition that the majority of public offices should be ...
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... Parliamentary Rule and Constitutionalism in Turkey', Cambridge Historical Journal 4, pp. 156–91; R. Devereux (1963), The First Ottoman Constitutional Period: A ... Parliament, Baltimore; R. H. Davison, Reform. A. Century. of. Revolutions. 33.
... Parliamentary Rule and Constitutionalism in Turkey', Cambridge Historical Journal 4, pp. 156–91; R. Devereux (1963), The First Ottoman Constitutional Period: A ... Parliament, Baltimore; R. H. Davison, Reform. A. Century. of. Revolutions. 33.
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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