Overview

Authoritarian leaders such as Enver Hoxha, Todor Zhivkov, Tito and Slobodan Milosevic are part of a time-honoured tradition of Balkan dictatorship that saw the domination of some of the most colourful but also brutal leaders of twentieth century, among them the wartime Croatian fascist Ante Pavlevic and Nicolae Ceausescu.

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Author:   Bernd Jurgen Fischer
Publisher:   C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Imprint:   C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 21.60cm
ISBN:  

9781850658283

ISBN 10:   1850658285
Pages:   500
Publication Date:   27 July 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Contents1. King Zog, Albania's Interwar Dictator-Bernd J. Fischer2. King Aleksandar and the Royal Dictatorship inYugoslavia -Brigit Farley3. Carol II of Romania-Maria Bucur4. Boris III, Tsar of the Bulgarians -Fredrick Chary5. Kemal Ataturk and the founding of Modern Turkey -Feroz Ahmad6. Ioannis Metaxas and the A""Fourth of AugustA"" Dictatorship in Greece -S. VictorPapacosma7. Ante Pavelic and the Ustasa State in Croatia -John K. Cox8. Enver Hoxha and the Stalinist Dictatorship in Albania -Bernd J. Fischer9. Strongmen can be Beneficial: the Exceptional Case of Josip Broz Tito -John V. A. Fine10. Nicolae Ceasescu, the A""Great Genius of CarpathiansA"" -Robert Forrest11. Todor Zhivkov, Bulgaria's Long-time Communist Leader -Stefan Krause12. George Papadopoulos and the Dictatorship of the Colonels, 1967-1974 -Despina Papadimitrou13. The Milosevic Dictatorship: Institutionalizing Powe and Ethno-Populism in Serbia-Leonard J. CohenEpilogue to Final Chapter: Milosevic's Death and Legacy"

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Bernd J. Fischer is Professor of Balkan History and chair of the Department of History at Indiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, and author of Albania at War, 1939-1945 (1999).

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