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9781633310261

My Greek Drama Life, Love, and One Woman's Olympic Effort to Bring Glory to Her Country

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    9781633310261

  • ISBN10:

    1633310264

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2018-05-01
  • Publisher: Disruption Books
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New York Times Bestseller
Wall Street Journal Bestseller
USA Today Bestseller

"In My Greek Drama, Gianna recounts her successes —as a dedicated public servant, savior of the 2004 Olympic Games, and devoted mother of three —and presents a useful guide for those who seek to transform lives, organizations, and even nations."
—President Bill Clinton

Now with a new foreword by the author celebrating the five-year anniversary of her sweeping, inspiring memoir.

The world had doubted Greece’s ability to successfully stage the 2004 Olympic Games. In rescuing the Athens Olympics and delivering what IOC President Jacques Rogge called an “unforgettable dream games,” Gianna Angelopoulos also delivered a new Greece, a modern can-do nation, a Greece worthy of its illustrious heritage.

Little did she know that a few years later her country would abandon the lessons of the Olympics and become embroiled in a political and economic crisis that would devastate Greece and threaten the economic security of Europe.

My Greek Drama captures the burning ambition of the rebellious girl from the island of Crete who ”lit” the Olympic torch. Her story should help rekindle the spirit of the Greek people, and of every person who has ever struggled to change the world.

Author Biography

Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki is an Olympic organizer, ambassador of the Greek state, lawyer, and former Parliamentarian. In 1986, Ambassador Angelopoulos-Daskalaki was elected to the Athens Municipal Council. In 1989, she was elected to Parliament, and won reelection the following year. Following her marriage to Theodore Angelopoulos, Gianna resigned her seat in the Parliament to focus on family and business. In 1996, the Prime Minister of Greece appointed her to lead the country's successful campaign to host the 2004 Olympic Games. In 2000, when slow progress and gridlocked bureaucracy put Athens in danger of losing the Games, she was asked to assume the presidency of the Athens 2004 Organizing Committee and save the project. Today, Ambassador Angelopoulos-Daskalaki serves as Vice-Chairman of the Dean's Council of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and is a supporter of the Clinton Global Initiative, a leading philanthropist for projects in Greece and around the globe, and a proud parent of three grown children.

Table of Contents

prologue 
1: philoxenia
2: family names
3: “i don’t need a son. i have gianna!”
4: growing pains
5: escape from crete
6: the golden horse
7: a touch of basil
8: school days
9: parliamentary steps
10: turkish delights
11: un coup de foudre
12: second chances
13: no gain without pain
14: generation next
15: back to university
16: london calling
17: sleeping with the enemy
18: athens is in motion
19: we court the world
20: a gold-medal performance
21: a tale of two cities
22: land and water
23: sun tzu, machiavelli, and me
24: omens and bumps in the road
25: “i will also be there!”
26: g force
27: games on!
28: last dance
29: new pathways and paradigms
30: a greek drama
epilogue

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