Episode 17: Wartime Leader and Peacemaker: Venizelos, Greece’s Most Consequential Prime Minister

The story of the "Ethnarch", Eleftherios Venizelos, (1864-1936). His arrival into Greek Politics, his various departures, returns and his final fall from power, along his often forgotten rapprochement with Turkey.Episode Icon: Autochrome: "La Haye , Pays-Bas Monsieur Venizelos”, 1929, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons.Links to photos associated with the episode...Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/historyhouse1.bsky.social/post/3lzwdarup6k22Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EcaQxptoA/?mibextid=wwXIfr Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DPKQIuEjJGI/?igsh=YnRwbmUxMXgzdmlp Recommended further reading…Beaton, Roderick, ‘Greece, Biography of a Modern Nation’, (London, 2019).Llewellyn-Smith, Michael, ‘Ionian Vision, Greece in Asia Minor 1919-1922’, (London, 2022 Edition).Llewellyn-Smith, Michael, ‘Venizelos, The Making of a Greek Statesman, 1864-1914’, (London, 2021).Article by host about the Treaty of Lausanne and the Irish Free State: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/956692 History House Newsletter Sign Up Form: https://2fi43x.share-eu1.hsforms.com/2ra1UsFX7SXuZqtGTVUKXNg Break audio: 'Prime Minister of Greece--outtakes', 1929, from the University of South Carolina University Libraries Digital Collections, (permission for use granted on the first of September 2025)Ending and closing theme, 'Classical Orchestral Dvorak Serenade Waltz Strings Music, provided by mrgwertz on https://www.pond5.com (Purchased with license on the 01/06/2024)