Eleftherios Venizelos: The Trials of Statesmanship Contributor(s): Kitromilides, Paschalis M. (Author), Kitromilides, Paschalis M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0748624783 ISBN-13: 9780748624782 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $123.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2006 Annotation: Eleftherios Venizelos, Prime Minister of Greece from 1910-1920 and 1928-1932, is believed to be the creator of contemporary Greece and one of the major players in European diplomacy between 1910-1935. This book brings together new research from twelve experts on Greek history and politics to document Venizelos' meteoric rise from Cretan rebel to admired statesman. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Greece (see Also Ancient - Greece) - Biography & Autobiography |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2006389748 |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.4" W x 9.2" (1.76 lbs) 384 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Greece |
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Publisher Description: 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 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. |