Founding a Balkan State - Albania's Experiment with Democracy, 1920-1925

Founding a Balkan State: Albania's Experiment with Democracy, 1920-1925



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English | ISBN: 1442644354 | 2012 | 248 pages | PDF | 2 MB

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 cracy 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.
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