LEADER 03827nam 22005775 450 001 9910797294903321 005 20230807214438.0 010 $a1-4798-4118-8 024 7 $a10.18574/9781479841189 035 $a(CKB)3710000000397646 035 $a(EBL)2011362 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001459466 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12567728 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001459466 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11456574 035 $a(PQKB)10311262 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001325770 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2011362 035 $a(OCoLC)923734881 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse42927 035 $a(DE-B1597)547382 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781479841189 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000397646 100 $a20200723h20152015 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|un|u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aModern Albania $eFrom Dictatorship to Democracy in Europe /$fFred C. Abrahams 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cNew York University Press,$d[2015] 210 4$d©2015 215 $a1 online resource (568 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a0-8147-0511-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tMap of Albania --$tMap of Tirana --$tIntroduction --$tPrologue --$t1. Hoxha?s Heart --$t2. Fences Fall --$t3. The System Shakes --$t4. Student City --$t5. A Democratic Party --$t6. Vote for the Future --$t7. Rebuild the State --$t8. One-Party Town --$t9. The Fall --$t10. Profiteers? Pact --$t11. Revolt --$t12. A Horrible End --$t13. Democracy 2.0 --$t14. Illegal but Necessary --$t15. A Shot, a Coup --$t16. Argument of Force --$t17. A Formula --$t18. To War --$t19. Busts in Our Heads --$t20. The Doctor Is Back --$t21. Pendulum Swing --$tEpilogue --$tAcknowledgments --$tNotes --$tSources --$tIndex --$tAbout the Author 330 $aIn the early 1990's, Albania, arguably Europe?s most closed and repressive state, began a startling transition out of forty years of self-imposed Communist isolation. Albanians who were not allowed to practice religion, travel abroad, wear jeans, or read ?decadent? Western literature began to devour the outside world. They opened cafés, companies, and newspapers. Previously banned rock music blared in the streets. Modern Albania offers a vivid history of the Albanian Communist regime?s fall and the trials and tribulations that led the country to become the state it is today. The book provides an in-depth look at the Communists' last Politburo meetings and the first student revolts, the fall of the Stalinist regime, the outflows of refugees, the crash of the massive pyramid-loan schemes, the war in neighboring Kosovo, and Albania?s relationship with the United States. Fred Abrahams weaves together personal experience from more than twenty years of work in Albania, interviews with key Albanians and foreigners who played a role in the country?s politics since 1990?including former Politburo members, opposition leaders, intelligence agents, diplomats, and founders of the Kosovo Liberation Army?and a close examination of hundreds of previously secret government records from Albania and the United States. A rich, narratively-driven account, Modern Albania gives readers a front-row seat to the dramatic events of the last battle of Cold War Europe. 606 $aDemocracy$zAlbania 606 $aPost-communism$zAlbania 607 $aAlbania$xPolitics and government$y1990- 615 0$aDemocracy 615 0$aPost-communism 676 $a949.6504 700 $aAbrahams$b Fred C.$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01140053 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797294903321 996 $aModern Albania$92677685 997 $aUNINA