Modern Albania: From Dictatorship to Democracy in Europe

Author: Fred C. Abrahams

Condition: Good

Paperback

345 pages

This history book offers a vivid account of the Albanian Communist regime's fall and the trials and tribulations that led the country to become the state it is today.

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 or wear jeans.

It 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 neighbouring Kosovo, and Albania's relationship with the United States.

This history book gives readers a front-row seat to the dramatic events of the last battle of Cold War Europe.

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