{"product_id":"9781836391661","title":"Enver Hoxha : Twentieth-Century Tyrant","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eby Austin, Robert C. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBiography: historical, political \u0026amp; military\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished 01\/03\/2026 by REAKTION BOOKS                  in the United Kingdom. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHardback | 336 pages, 20 illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e167 x 242 x 34mm | 646g\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeatured in New Statesman’s Culture Preview 2026: The best non-fiction to read this yearEnver Hoxha, one of the most fanatical communist leaders of the twentieth century, ruled Albania for forty years. He was a Stalinist modernizer who sought to pull his country out of its peripheral status through rapid industrialization and diplomatic cunning. Albania transitioned from one ideological alliance to another, breaking first with Tito’s Yugoslavia, then Khrushchev’s USSR and lastly post-Maoist China. Masterfully exploiting rivalries within the communist bloc, Hoxha was able to ensure his regime’s survival and play an outsized role in the ideological clashes that riddled the communist world during the second half of the twentieth century. Meanwhile, at home he built a cult of personality and maintained his grip over power by ruthless coercion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Enver Hoxha: Twentieth-Century Tyrant paints a nuanced picture of Hoxha’s psychological, ideological and political worlds, illuminating a lesser-known story of the Cold War, and enriching our understanding of the nature of authoritarianism and dictatorship.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tales on Market Street","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43491398222030,"sku":"9781836391661","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7727\/4318\/files\/9781836391661.jpg?v=1776349218","url":"https:\/\/top-hatandtales.co.uk\/products\/9781836391661","provider":"Top Hat \u0026 Tales","version":"1.0","type":"link"}