
Premium
Title page
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Dedication
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Introduction
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Prologue
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Part I - Out of the Dark: The Leader’s Demise, 1985–1990
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Chapter 1: Hoxha's Heart
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Chapter 2: Fences Fall
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Chapter 3: The System Shakes
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Part II - Blinded by Light: The Democratic Movement, 1990–1992
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Chapter 4: Student City
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Chapter 5: A Democratic Party
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Chapter 6: Vote for the Future
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Part III - Red to Blue: Democratic Party Rules, 1992–1996
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Chapter 7: Rebuild the State
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Chapter 8: The One-Party State
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Chapter 9: The Fall
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Part IV - Blinded by Gold: Crash of the Pyramids, 1997
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Chapter 10: A Profiteers' Pact
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Chapter 11: Revolt
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Chapter 12: A Horrible End
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Part V - Return to Red: Ex-Communists Rule, 1998
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Chapter 13: Democracy 2.0
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Chapter 14: Illegal but Necessary
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Chapter 15: A Shot, A Coup
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Part VI - Red and Black: The Kosovo War, 1998–1999
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Chapter 16: Argument of Force
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Chapter 17: A Formula
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Chapter 18: To War
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Part VII - Black and Blue: The Battered Politics of Transition, 2000–2014
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Chapter 19: Busts in Our Heads
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Chapter 20: The Doctor is Back
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Chapter 21: Pendulum Swing
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Epilogue
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Sources
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Acknowledgements
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The Author
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Closing Note
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