Albania At War 1939 1945

Author : Bernd Jürgen Fischer
Publisher : Purdue University Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9781557531414

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Albania at War, 1939-1945 by Bernd Jürgen Fischer Pdf

The Second World War in Europe has generated more literature than perhaps any other event in modern history. Much of the interest has focused on military history, occupation policy, puppet governments, and resistance movements in Europe's principal states. Often ignored in this flood of material, however, are the small nations of southeastern Europe. Yet in the small states the human suffering was no less profound, the destruction no less devastating, the heroism no less laudable, the treachery no less despicable, and the impact no less profound. Albania at War reviews the most important developments in Albania from the Italian invasion of the country in 1939 to the accession to power of the Albanian Communist Party and the establishment of a "people's democracy" in 1946. Fischer analyzes in great detail Italian goals and objectives in Albania and explains the eventual failure of Rome's policy, the subsequent German invasion of the country against the Axis Powers. This unique path breaking book provides a vigorous and thought-provoking analysis of competing external interests in Albania and explores the great obstacles that the Albanians faced in regaining their independence at the end of the war. Albania at War, 1939-1945 thoroughly covers the developments in Albania during that turbulent period. It is essential reading for all students of Albanian history.

Author : Ismail Kadare
Publisher : Skyhorse
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781628721300

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Chronicle in Stone by Ismail Kadare Pdf

Masterful in its simplicity, Chronicle in Stone is a touching coming-of-age story and a testament to the perseverance of the human spirit. Surrounded by the magic of beautiful women and literature, a boy must endure the deprivations of war as he suffers the hardships of growing up. His sleepy country has just thrown off centuries of tyranny, but new waves of domination inundate his city. Through the boy’s eyes, we see the terrors of World War II as he witnesses fascist invasions, allied bombings, partisan infighting, and the many faces of human cruelty—as well as the simple pleasures of life. Evacuating to the countryside, he expects to find an ideal world full of extraordinary things, but discovers instead an archaic backwater where a severed arm becomes a talisman and deflowered girls mysteriously vanish. Woven between the chapters of the boy’s story are tantalizing fragments of the city’s history. As the devastation mounts, the fragments lose coherence, and we perceive firsthand how the violence of war destroys more than just buildings and bridges.

Author : Owen Pearson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1350176141

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Albania in Occupation and War by Owen Pearson Pdf

"Albania in the Twentieth Century: A History" represents an unparalleled achievement in scholarship on Albania. Owen Pearson presents a complete account of the twentieth century in Albania, from its breakaway from the Ottoman Empire in 1908 to the Kosova War in 1999. In fascinating detail, Pearson chronicles the monarchy of King Zog and the wartime period where Albania became a battleground for the Greek, Italian and German armies. He describes Enver Hoxha's seizure of power, the country's fraught relationship with the post-Stalin Soviet Union and Maoist China's fraternal embrace of Albania, all leading to near-total isolationism and inevitable economic collapse. Pearson concludes with the genocide of Kosovar Albanians at the hands of the Serbian regime of Milosevic that characterised the last decade of twentieth-century Albania. Comprising original research, and excerpts from rare Albanian sources, this is a compendium of primary source material that provides a year-by-year and sometimes day-by-day account of Albania's modern history. It is an essential reference for all those interested in Albanian, Balkan and Eastern European history.

Author : R. Scott Sheffield,Noah Riseman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108424639

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Indigenous Peoples and the Second World War by R. Scott Sheffield,Noah Riseman Pdf

A transnational history of how Indigenous peoples mobilised en masse to support the war effort on the battlefields and the home fronts.

Author : Robert Elsie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-06
Category : History
ISBN : 150770951X

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The Albanian Treason Trial (1945) by Robert Elsie Pdf

In late January 1945, the new communist rulers of Albania began a campaign to prepare and sensitize public opinion in the country for the Special Court for War Criminals and Enemies of the People. The daily newspaper Bashkimi decried the leaders of Balli Kombëtar and Legality as traitors, noting on 2 February: “All without any exception will give accounts before the Albanian people and before Albania. Today or tomorrow the sword of Albanian justice will fall on their necks…” The Special Court, set up on 25 December 1944 by order of the Anti-Fascist National Liberation Council, opened its doors at the Kosovo Cinema, the building later to house the National Theatre, on 1 March 1945. On trial were sixty men.

Author : Library of Congress,Library of Congress. Subject Cataloging Division,Library of Congress. Office for Subject Cataloging Policy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 968 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
ISBN : MINN:30000009706957

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Library of Congress Subject Headings by Library of Congress,Library of Congress. Subject Cataloging Division,Library of Congress. Office for Subject Cataloging Policy Pdf

Author : Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1924 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
ISBN : UOM:39015079817071

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Library of Congress Subject Headings by Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office Pdf

Author : Bernd Jürgen Fischer
Publisher : Purdue University Press
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 1557534551

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Balkan Strongmen by Bernd Jürgen Fischer Pdf

Bernd J. Fischer has put together a collection that highlights the impact of Balkan leaders on nationalism, ethnic and sociocultural factors, economic frameworks, and other territorial dynamics that provided the undercurrents that were exposed during the Balkan's recent fragmentation.

Author : Roger Chickering,Stig Förster,Bernd Greiner,German Historical Institute (Washington, D.C.)
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0521834325

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A World at Total War by Roger Chickering,Stig Förster,Bernd Greiner,German Historical Institute (Washington, D.C.) Pdf

This volume presents the results of a conference on the history of total war.

Author : Marcus Tanner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780857723741

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Albania's Mountain Queen by Marcus Tanner Pdf

Whilst young ladies in the Victorian and Edwardian eras were expected to have many creative accomplishments, they were not expected to travel unaccompanied, and certainly not to the remote corners of Southeast Europe, then part of the crumbling Ottoman Empire. But Edith Durham was no ordinary lady. In 1900, at the age of 37, Durham set sail for the Balkans for the first time. Her trip was intended as a means of recovering from a period of ill-health, and as a break from the stifling monotony of caring for her ailing mother. Her experiences on this trip were to change the course of her life, kindling a profound love for the region which saw her return frequently in the following decades. She became a confidante of the King of Montenegro, ran a hospital in Macedonia and, following the outbreak of the First Balkan War in 1912, became one of the world's first female war correspondents. Back in England, she was renowned as an expert on the region, writing the highly successful book High Albania and, along with other aficionados such as the MP Aubrey Herbert, becoming an advocate for the people of the Balkans in British political life and society. King Zog of Albania once said that before Durham visited the Balkans, Albania was but a geographical expression. By the time she left, he added, her championship of his compatriots' desire for freedom had helped add a new state to the map. Durham was tremendously popular in the region itself, earning her the affectionate title 'Queen of the Mountains' and an enduring legacy which continues unabated until this day. Yet she has been all but forgotten in the country of her birth. Marcus Tanner here tells the fascinating story of Durham's relationship with the Balkans, painting a vivid portrait of a remarkable, and sometimes formidable, woman, who was several decades ahead of her time.

Author : Tim Sweijs
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031213038

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The Use and Utility of Ultimata in Coercive Diplomacy by Tim Sweijs Pdf

Ultimata feature as a core concept in the coercive diplomacy scholarship. Conventional wisdom holds that pursuing an ultimatum strategy is risky. This book shows that the conventional wisdom is wrong on the basis of a new dataset of 87 ultimata issued from 1920–2020. It provides a historical examination of ultimata in Western strategic, political, and legal thought since antiquity until the present, and offers a four-pronged typology that explains their various purposes and effects: 1) the dictate, 2) the conditional war declaration, 3) the bluff, and 4) the brinkmanship ultimatum. The book yields a better understanding of interstate threat behaviour at a time of surging competition. Background materials can be consulted at www.coercivediplomacy.com.

Author : J.L. Granatstein
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9781487524760

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Canada at War by J.L. Granatstein Pdf

This essay collection traces the sustained work over the past fifty years of the foremost historian of Canadian politics in the era of the two world wars.

Author : Richard C. Hall
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781610690317

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War in the Balkans by Richard C. Hall Pdf

This authoritative reference follows the history of conflicts in the Balkan Peninsula from the 19th century through the present day. The Balkan Peninsula, which consists of Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, and the former Yugoslavia, resides in the southeastern part of the European continent. Its strategic location as well as its long and bloody history of conflict have helped to define the Balkans' role in global affairs. This singular reference focuses on the events, individuals, organizations, and ideas that have made this region an international player and shaped warfare there for hundreds of years. Historian and author Richard C. Hall traces the sociopolitical history of the area, starting with the early internal conflicts as the Balkan states attempted to break away from the Ottoman Empire to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand that ignited World War I to the Yugoslav Wars that erupted in the 1990s and the subsequent war crimes still being investigated today. Additional coverage focuses on how these countries continue to play an important role in global affairs and international politics.

Author : Associate Professor of Contemporary History Tommaso Piffer,Tommaso (Associate Professor of Contemporary History Piffer, Associate Professor of Contemporary History University of Udine)
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780198826347

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The Big Three Allies and the European Resistance by Associate Professor of Contemporary History Tommaso Piffer,Tommaso (Associate Professor of Contemporary History Piffer, Associate Professor of Contemporary History University of Udine) Pdf

The first comparative and pan-European study of the Big Three's involvement in Resistance movements across wartime Europe. From Yugoslavia to Poland and from Greece to France and Italy, the book vividly depicts and sharply analyses how this proxy war shaped the history of the post-war settlement.

Author : Bernd J. Fischer,Oliver Jens Schmitt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-29
Category : History
ISBN : 1107662184

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A Concise History of Albania by Bernd J. Fischer,Oliver Jens Schmitt Pdf

A Concise History of Albania charts the history of Albania and its people, within their Balkan and European contexts. It shows the country's journey from its ancient past, still shrouded in mystery and controversy, through its difficult transition from a particularly brutal form of communism to an evolving form of democracy and a market economy. Bernd Fischer and Oliver Schmitt challenge some of the traditional narratives concerning the origins of the Albanians, and the relations between Albanians and their Balkan neighbours. This authoritative and up-to-date single-volume history analyses the political, social, economic, and cultural developments which led to the creation of the Albanian state and the modern nation, as well as Albania's more recent experience with authoritarianism, war, and communism. It greatly contributes to our understanding of the challenges facing contemporary Albanians, as well as the issues confronting the region as a whole as it attempts to grapple with one of the last remaining significant ethnic issues in the Balkans.