Tito biography

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Tito

‘Entertaining and timely &#; Barnett makes good use of Tito&#;s official memoirs and recorded recollections &#; While allowing the regime to speak with its own voice, Barnett also points out the fabrications, where ideological lessons upstaged factual accuracy.’
Financial Times

‘Neil Barnett&#;s engaging and elegant biography is an invaluable resource for those who want to understand better the enigmatic statesman who bequeathed so many vexing national and territorial questions.’
The Tablet

The charismatic, near-mythological figure of Josip Broz Tito was many things: an inspirational partisan leader and scourge of the Germans during their occupation of Yugoslavia in the Second World War; a doctrinaire communist but an ever-present thorn in Moscow’s side; an oppressor, a dictator, a reformer, and a playboy. He managed Yugoslavia’s internal tensions through personality, force of will, and political oppression.

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More than a generation after Tito’s death, biographies of the Yugoslav statesman keep appearing apace. Why is that? What else is there to say about Tito, his life, and his legacy? And how do all these books on the same subject of historical record differ?

Three authors of biographies of Josip Broz Tito published since —Ivo Goldstein, Jože Pirjevec, and Geoffrey Swain—discuss their motivations for writing, how their books are distinct, and, of course Tito himself.

Featuring 11 versions of the song &#;Uz Maršala Tita&#; (With Marshal Tito, ). Josif Dzhugashvili, Vladimir Dedijer, and Phyllis Auty also make an appearance.

Listen: &#;Tito and His Biographers&#; (Episode #24)

Transcript: &#;Tito and His Biographers&#; (Episode #24)

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PETER KORCHNAK: This is Remembering Yugoslavia, the show exploring the memory of a country that no longer exists. I’m your host Peter Korchnak.

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Tito and the Rise and Fall of Yugoslavia

May 16,

Since inom have moved to Slovenia, I wanted to read more about its history. But given that its history fryst vatten almost just as old as me, its history lies beyond itself in the now extinct state of Yugoslavia. And the fact my partner's mother often talks about it in a very positiv light, even though communist states were largely failures throughout the 20th century, made me even more curious to read about it.

Knowing what to read was tricky. There fryst vatten a lot of nostalgia towards Yogoslavia. To this day, many people are fond of it and have a lot of nostalgia for it. Not as much in the younger population, but significant nevertheless. In part bygd simply being in the past (most people are nostalgic about the past almost no matter how it was like), in part fueled by the semi cult figure of Tito (its leader), and also in part simply because many people had a good life during it.

I didn't want to read a source that was biased towards that nostalgia