Tito

A biography of the charismatic and controversial Yugoslavian leader Josip Broz Tito.

The near-mythological figure Josip Broz Tito was a complicated one. An oppressor, a dictator, a reformer, and a playboy, Tito was an inspirational partisan leader and scourge of the Germans during their occupation of Yugoslavia in the Second World War, a doctrinaire communist, and an ever-present thorn in Moscow's side. He managed Yugoslavia's internal tensions through personality, a force of will, and political oppression.

It was only after his death in 1980 that the true scale of his influence was understood. At that time, Yugoslavia's institutions and politicians were revealed as rudderless, and the country created by Tito--a Croat turned Yugoslav--collapsed into a bloody and at times genocidal civil war. These ethnic conflicts were Tito's nightmare, yet, as Neil Barnett shows in this short but engaging biography, they were in many ways the result of his own myopic egomania.

Info autore

Neil Barnett was a journalist who wrote for the Guardian and Spectator, and he is currently the chief executive of Istok Associates, a corporate intelligence and investigations consultancy.

Riassunto

As Neil Barnett shows in this short but engaging biography, The charismatic, near-mythological figure of Josip Broz Tito was many things: an inspirational partisan leader and scourge of the Germans during their occupation of Yugoslavia in the Second World War; a doctrinaire communist but an ever-present thorn in Moscow's side.

Testo aggiuntivo

“Entertaining and timely.”

— Financial Times

“An engaging and elegant biography.”

— Tablet

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Neil Barnett, Barnett Neil
• Editore: Haus Publishing
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9781913368418
• ISBN: 978-1-913368-41-8
• Pagine: 192
• Serie: Life & Times
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Biography: historical, political & military, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Biography: historical, political and military, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General