Pdf - Tito And The Rise And Fall Of Yugoslavia

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Yugoslavia had stayed afloat on Western loans. In the 1980s, the debt became unmanageable, leading to hyperinflation and a plummeting standard of living. Economic hardship historically provides fertile ground for radical politics. tito and the rise and fall of yugoslavia pdf

Tito ruled with an iron fist, but a velvet glove. He cultivated a massive personality cult—branded as the "Lifetime President." While repression existed (most notably against nationalist Croats and Albanians in the 1970s), Tito was generally viewed by the population as the only man capable of balancing the interests of six republics (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, and Macedonia) and two autonomous provinces (Vojvodina and Kosovo). Keywords integrated: Tito and the Rise and Fall