Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Acknowledgements viii
5. Note on Transliteration x
6. Introduction: Perspectives on a Leader 1
7. I: Setting the Stage 9
8. 1. A Century of Revolutions: The Cretan Question between European and Near Eastern Politics 11
9. 2. Venizelos’ Early Life and Political Career in Crete, 1864–1910 37
10. II: The Drama of High Politics
11. 3. Venizelos’ Advent in Greek Politics, 1909–12 87
12. 4. Protagonist in Politics, 1912–20 115
13. 5. Venizelos’ Diplomacy, 1910–23: From Balkan Alliance to Greek–Turkish Settlement 134
14. 6. Reconstructing Greece as a European State: Venizelos’ Last Premiership, 1928–32 193
15. 7. The Last Years, 1933–6 234
16. III: The Content of Political Action
17. 8. The Experiment of Inclusive Constitutionalism, 1909–32 251
18. 9. Venizelos and Civil–Military Relations 273
19. 10. Venizelos and Economic Policy 284
20. 11. Modernisation and Reaction in Greek Education during the Venizelos Era 319
21. 12. Venizelos and Church–State Relations 346
22. IV: Offstage
23. 13. Venizelos’ Intellectual Projects and Cultural Interests 377
24. Contributors 389
25. Index 390