• The "17-hour battle" and the crucial 2015 negotiations with the lenders.

• The role and personality of Yanis Varoufakis in the economic negotiation.

• Relationships and conflicts with party officials such as Nikos Pappas, Pavlos Polakis, Efi Achtsioglou, Alexis Charitsis, and Stefanos Kasselakis.

• Revealing meetings with international leaders such as W. Schäuble and V. Putin, and the challenges in political diplomacy.

• The referendum process and the decisions regarding the memoranda that defined the country.

• Personal self-criticism for mistakes, weaknesses, and crucial decisions.

• A message of hope and perspective: how past experiences can become a driving force for the future.

"ITHAKI" is not just a narration of political events, but also a personal, honest, and analytical look at how politics, people, and their choices shape history. Ideal for those who want to understand the behind-the-scenes of Greek politics and draw inspiration from a critical era.

Alexis Tsipras records with unique intensity the events that shook Greece, and Europe as well, during 2015-2019. The harshness of the lenders, the plans to expel the country from the European Union, the closed banks, the referendum, the meetings with foreign leaders such as Merkel, Hollande, Putin, the reactions of the then opposition, the desperate efforts of the Greek government to free the country from the spiral of the memoranda, all turn the narrative into a political thriller.

In short, this is a fascinating account, in whose 11+1 chapters the reader will see the truth, documented with evidence, meeting minutes, and dramatic dialogues with all the leaders of the era, and will understand the thoughts and concerns of Alexis Tsipras at the time, as well as his critical perspective today regarding that period. In addition, the reader will share the values, paths, and circumstances that shaped both the author himself and the course of the country. Answers will be found to the hows and whys, beyond the distortion that the truth has suffered from the propaganda of recent years.

Answers will also be found regarding developments after 2019. To the hows and whys that led to the crisis of SYRIZA, which, from a small protest party, evolved into a major party of power, won the battle to free the country from the constraints of bankruptcy, but lost the battle with its internal pathologies and itself.

Finally, and perhaps most importantly for today’s citizen who looks to the future, Alexis Tsipras’s ITHACA is not a book about the past, but a declaration of hope and perspective for the future. Every event, every revelation, every critical and self-critical assessment is not treated by the author as something to be archived for yesterday, but as a subject for reflection for today and tomorrow. As an opportunity for the author himself, and for all who still insist on the vision of a just Greece, to reflect not just on “what we did,” but on “what we should do.” As a work that seeks to add the energy of yesterday to the engine of today.

“Ithaca is not a destination, it is an endless journey. And this concerns each one of us. Because we all experience our own Odysseys and have our own Ithacas. … In this sense, the title I chose also has a philosophical value.”
Source: cnn.gr (interview)

“This book carries a sense of duty towards History, but it also has a character of catharsis, self-awareness, and a renewed approach to truth and events. … It’s not re-branding, it’s reload.”
Source: documentonews.gr

“I do not hide that my book has a certain peculiarity. … No former prime minister writes in the present tense. Everyone writes in the past tense. I do my self-criticism, but I also offer criticism.”
Source: tanea.gr

“In the book, I describe the entire journey… when I decided to resign, I had in mind that the time was coming when I had to speak. … everyone has spoken about these dramatic … adventures of modern Greek history – and the main protagonist has not spoken.”
Source: news247.gr

“This book was born out of such a need. Not out of a need for personal vindication. It was not written to embellish decisions, beautify events, or construct a narrative convenient for its author.”
Source: intsipras.gr