Andreas Papandreou: The Making of a Greek Democrat and Political Maverick

di Stan Draenos (Autore)

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2012

Greece in the 1960s produced one of Europe's arguably most controversial politicians of the post-war era. The contrarian politics of Andreas Papandreou grew out of his conflict laden re-engagement with Greece in the 1960s. Returning to Athens after 20 years in the US where he had been a rising member of the American liberal establishment, Papandreou forged a social reform-oriented, nationalist politics in Greece that ultimately put him at odds with the US foreign policy establishment and made him the primary target of a pro-American military coup in 1967. Venerated by his admirers and despised by his detractors with equal passion, the Harvard-educated Papandreou left in his wake no clear-cut answer to the question of who he was and what he stood for. Andreas Papandreou chronicles the events, struggles and ideas that defined the man's dramatic, intrigue-filled transformation from Kennedy-era modernizer to Cold War maverick. In the process the book examines the explosive interplay of character and circumstance that generated Papandreou's contentious, but powerfully consequential politics.

• Autore: Stan Draenos
• Editore: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Anno: 2012
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 352 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• Peso: 671 gr.
• EAN: 9781780760803

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