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Eleftherios Venizelos - The Trials of Statesmanship (Paperback)
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Eleftherios Venizelos - The Trials of Statesmanship (Paperback)
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Eleftherios 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 appeared in English more than fifty years
ago. Now available in paperback, the aspiration of this book is to
fill the lacuna by bringing together the concerted research effort
of twelve experts on Greek history and politics. It draws on
considerable new research that has appeared in Greek in the last
quarter century, but does not confine the treatment of the subject
to a purely Greek or even Balkan context. Instead, 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
charted 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 chapters appraise in depth some
critical aspects of his policies, while a final chapter offers a
glimpse into a great statesman's personal and intellectual world.
The book is based on extensive scholarship but it is eminently
readable and 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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