| Description |
ix, 494 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Central European studies
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Central European studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
King Zog, Albania's interwar dictator / Bernd J. Fischer -- King Aleksandar and the royal dictatorship in Yugoslavia / Brigit Farley -- Carol II of Romania / Maria Bucur -- Boris III, Tsar of the Bulgarians / Frederick Chary -- Kemal Atatürk and the founding of modern Turkey / Feroz Ahmad -- Ioannis Metaxas and the "Fourth of August" dictatorship in Greece / S. Victor Papacosma -- Ante Pavelić and the Ustaša State in Croatia / John K. Cox -- Enver Hoxha and the Stalinist dictatorship in Albania / Bernd J. Fischer -- Strongmen can be beneficial: the exceptional case of Josip Broz Tito / John V.A. Fine -- Nicolae Ceaușescu, the "Great genius of the Carpathians" / Robert Forrest -- Todor Zhivkov, Bulgaria's long-time communist leader / Stefan Krause -- George Papadopoulos and the dictatorship of the Colonels, 1967-1974 / Despina Papadimitriou -- Milošević dictatorship: institutionalizing power and ethno-populism in Serbia / Lenard J. Cohen. |
| Subject |
Balkan Peninsula -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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Balkan Peninsula. |
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Kings and rulers. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Balkan Peninsula -- Politics and government.
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Politics and government. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Fischer, Bernd J., 1952-
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Balkan strongmen. West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, ©2007 (OCoLC)608509521 |
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Online version: Balkan strongmen. West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, ©2007 (OCoLC)609307260 |
| ISBN |
1557534551 (casebound : alkaline paper) |
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155753456X (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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9781557534552 (casebound : alkaline paper) |
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9781557534569 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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