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

By Stan Draenos

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780760809
• ISBN13: 9781780760803
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.2"