Fred C. Abrahams Modern Albania (Hardback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Modern AlbaniaCondition: NewSubtitle: From Dictatorship to Democracy in EuropeISBN-10: 0814705111EAN: 9780814705117ISBN: 9780814705117Publisher: New York University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 05/15/2015Description: In the early 1990s, 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.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 153mmAuthor: Fred C. AbrahamsGenre: Law & PoliticsTopic: HistoryRelease Year: 2015 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Book Title: Modern Albania

Title: Modern Albania

Subtitle: From Dictatorship to Democracy in Europe

ISBN-10: 0814705111

EAN: 9780814705117

ISBN: 9780814705117

Release Date: 05/15/2015

Release Year: 2015

Country/Region of Manufacture: US

Genre: Law & Politics

Topic: History

Number of Pages: 384 Pages

Publication Name: Modern Albania : from Dictatorship to Democracy in Europe

Language: English

Publisher: New York University Press

Subject: Europe / Eastern, Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, World / European, General, Political Ideologies / Democracy

Publication Year: 2015

Item Height: 1.5 in

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 25.3 Oz

Author: Fred C. Abrahams

Item Length: 9.3 in

Subject Area: Political Science, History

Item Width: 6.4 in

Format: Hardcover