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Modern Albania

Fred C. Abrahams

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. “Assiduously researched, compulsively readable.” — LA Review of Books “A richly woven work of narrative nonfiction.” — The Spectator “An intimate portrait of the country.” — Foreign Affairs In the...

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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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