For the last 200 years, our country has experienced disasters and bankruptcies, but it has also witnessed significant, historical reforms that changed the lives of citizens and gradually transformed a poor province of the Ottoman Empire into a modern democratic state.

How did these reforms "come to pass"? What were the political and social forces that helped implement them? What lessons can we learn today from the spectacular changes of the past?

The book you hold tells the story of ten such political changes but, mainly, it narrates the story of the people and social forces that introduced, supported, and ultimately realized them. Taking into account the peculiarities of each era, it highlights the common elements and key conclusions that ultimately answer the question: how do great, historical reforms occur in Greece?