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100	1		_aAustin, Robert Clegg _d(1964-....) _eAuteur _4070 _9365783
245	1	0	_aFounding a Balkan state _h[Texte imprimé] : _bAlbania's experiment with democracy, 1920-1925 / _cRobert C. Austin
260			_aToronto ; _aBuffalo ; _aLondon : _bUniversity of Toronto Press, _cc2012
300			_a1 vol. (X, 222 p., [8] p. de pl.) : _bill., jaquette ill., carte ; _c24 cm
500			_aIndex
504			_aBibliogr. p. [205]-212
505	0		_aInternal and external challenges -- Creating a revolutionary situation -- Fan Noli in power -- Albania's neighbours : Yugoslavia and Greece -- Great Britain, Italy, and the United States -- The League of Nations and the Soviet Union -- Traitor one day, patriot the next -- Conclusion.
520			_a"Founding a Balkan State examines the pivotal period in Albanian history when the country's fundamental goals and directions were most hotly contested. In 1920, liberal Albanian leaders - led by the US-educated Bishop Fan S. Noli - began working to introduce democracy to the country, hoping that it would lead to modernization, prosperity, and overturning the legacy of five hundred years of Ottoman rule. In 1924, these leaders mounted a successful revolution; by 1925, however, their forces were in retreat. Albania soon slid into dictatorship under Ahmed Bey Zogu - first as president, then as self-proclaimed king.
520			_aFounding a Balkan State provides the only comprehensive assessment in English of these events. Robert C. Austin first delves into the country's weak domestic and international position both before and after the First World War, then assesses the internal and external challenges posed to its state- and nation-building efforts. Austin shrewdly demonstrates how the missed opportunities of Albania's political transition affected the course of Balkan history for decades to come."--pub. desc.
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