Yugoslavia appears to many observers a country riddled with ethnic divisions, financial problems and consequent instability - which the present inefficient leadership in Belgrade is unable to heal. Yet in spite of everything, including the vacuum that still remains following the death of Tito, the country survives as a single entity. This essay embraces the main "pressure-points" of Yugoslavia's first seventy years - the monarchy; the character, career and rule of Tito; the break with Stalinism; the nationalities; the ...
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Yugoslavia appears to many observers a country riddled with ethnic divisions, financial problems and consequent instability - which the present inefficient leadership in Belgrade is unable to heal. Yet in spite of everything, including the vacuum that still remains following the death of Tito, the country survives as a single entity. This essay embraces the main "pressure-points" of Yugoslavia's first seventy years - the monarchy; the character, career and rule of Tito; the break with Stalinism; the nationalities; the Albanian minority; religion; and Yugoslavia's place in the world. Stevan Pavlowitch also wrote "Yugoslavia" and "Anglo-Russian Rivalry in Serbia, 1837-39".
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