Syllabus
1. Introduction: screening "The Wave"
2. Dictatorships vs. authoritarian regimes: The case of Balkans
3. Royal Dictatorships: Boris III, Carol II & Aleksandar (Bulgaria, Romania & Yugoslavia)
4. Becoming King: Zog (Albania)
5. Dictatorship of August 4: Metaxas (Greece)
6. Ustaše: Pavelić (Croatia)
7. Albania: Hoxha
8. Yugoslavia: Tito
9. Romania: Ceausescu
10. Bulgaria: Zivkov
11. Greece: Junta
12. Yugoslavia: Milošević For reader and further information join the Moodles.
Annotation
This course, covering the period from the end of World War One to the collapse of communism, examines the eras of dictatorships and authoritative regimes in the Balkan states including Greece, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria and former Yugoslavia. The 20th Century history of these states follows a similar pattern: royal authoritarians in the inter-war period, Fascists dictators on the eve of World War Two and communistic or military dictators during the Cold War.
Within the course based heavily on readings we will focus not just on the Balkan kings ruling in the first half of the 20th Century but also on personalities as Tito, Hoxha or Ceausescu.