Phoebus Ioannidis, the "tough guy of Democracy", shines a unique light on the history of Greece from the Interwar period to the early 21st century.
Affluent childhood years in Sitia, the killing of his resistance father Giannis by the Germans just before liberation, moving to Heraklion, absolute poverty, which was overcome thanks to the excellent Aristea, the widowed mother of four children, whom she educated all.
A scholar at the Athens College, his rebellious teenage years could not withstand the Boarding School and he returned to Heraklion, to the "Koraïs" Lyceum. Athens Law School, bohemian life at first, political involvement later as a leading member of EDHN and the favorite of the "Elder of Democracy".
Unyielding, Center government, Apostasy: His testimonies regarding the period and the relationships between Andreas and the "Elder" are a contribution to our recent History.
Dictatorship, dynamic armed resistance, arrest, torture. Six years in prison, another "university" of life and education. Held with prominent politicians but also with criminals, vivid narratives.
Post-junta, Center Union - New Forces, Socialist Initiative, PASOK, director of IKA, MP, deputy minister, parliamentary spokesman, president of the 2001 Constitutional Revision Committee.
Georgios Papandreou, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Andreas Papandreou, Leonidas Kyrkos, Costas Simitis, Mikis, Manos, Elytis, Alekos Panagoulis, Soteria Bellou, trial of November 17th. A life full of...
