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OverviewStalinism, that particularly brutal phase of the Communist experience, came to an end in most of Europe with the death of Stalin in 1953. However, in one country - Albania - Stalinism survived virtually unscathed until 1990. The regime that the Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha led from 1944 until his death in 1985 was incomparably severe. Such was the reign of terror that no audible voice of opposition or dissent ever arose in the Balkan state and Albania became isolated from the rest of the world and utterly inward-looking. Three decades after his death, the spectre of Hoxha still lingers over the country, yet many people - inside and outside Albania - know little about the man who ruled the country with an iron fist for so many decades. This book provides the first biography of Hoxha available in English. Using unseen documents and first-hand interviews, journalist Blendi Fevziu pieces together the life of a tyrannical ruler in a biography which will be essential reading for anyone interested in Balkan history and communist studies. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Majlinda Nishku , Blendi Fevziu , Robert Elsie , Robert ElsiePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: I.B. Tauris Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 22.60cm Weight: 0.621kg ISBN: 9781784534851ISBN 10: 1784534854 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 01 February 2016 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction by Robert Elsie 1. Death Comes Knocking 2. 28 November 1944 3. From Gjirokastra to Korca 4. From France to Belgium: the Dropout 5. Teacher of Moral Education 6. The Founding of the Communist Party 7. A Leader with an Iron Fist 8. Nationalists and Communists 9. Head of the Provisional Government 10. The Plenary Meeting in Berat - an Interlude 11. Tirana and the Wedding 12. The Reign of Terror 13. Departure of the British and the Americans 14. The Yugoslavs: a Matter of Love and Hate 15. Stalin and the Soviets 16. The Bllok 17. Enver Hoxha and Mother Teresa 18. Split Personality 19. The Medical Team 20. The Great Purges 21. Demise of a Prime Minister 22. The Final Purges 23. The Years of Solitude 24. Death and What Remained Chronology of the Life of Enver Hoxha Glossary BibliographyReviews'Blendi Fevziu's work is extraordinary. Written like a crime novel, based on unparalleled access to once closed Albanian archives, the book is a must read for anyone who wants to understand communist Europe and how dictatorships get set up and eventually survive. Fevziu succeeds brilliantly in capturing the horrors of Hoxha's 41 years in power and brings to life many of the voices he silenced. Not only that, given the Hoxha legacy, Fevziu helps us better understand why today's Albania's path to democracy is so difficult. This biography is a major achievement.' - Robert C. Austin, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto; 'Based on archival, oral, and published sources, Blendi Fevziu's Enver Hoxha provides a fascinating, compelling and realistic account of the life and times of Albania's unremittingly Stalinist dictator and the country he ruled with an iron hand for four decades. This book is a masterful combination of biography and history.' - Nicholas C. Pano, Professor Emeritus of History, Western Illinois University Author InformationBlendi Fevziu is a journalist, based in Tirana. He was the co-founder of the RD (Democratic Renaissance) newspaper and presents the popular TV talk show Opinion. He has written several books in Albanian.Majlinda Nishku is a translator who has taught at the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Tirana.Robert Elsie is an expert in the field of Albanian studies. He is the author of over sixty books, including Albanian Literature: A Short History and A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History (both published by I.B.Tauris and the Centre for Albanian Studies). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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