Bibliograph

Enver Hoxha, the iron fist of Albania, Blendi Fevziu ; edited and introduced by Robert Elsie ; translated by Majlinda Nishku

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Enver Hoxha, the iron fist of Albania, Blendi Fevziu ; edited and introduced by Robert Elsie ; translated by Majlinda Nishku

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-296) and index

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individual biography

Illustrations

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Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Enver Hoxha

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

929592587

Responsibility statement

Blendi Fevziu ; edited and introduced by Robert Elsie ; translated by Majlinda Nishku

Sub title

the iron fist of Albania

Summary

"Stalinism, 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."--Adapted from front flap

Table Of Contents

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.A 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

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Iron fist of Albania

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