Hoxha's European Hermit Kingdom - Cold War DOCUMENTARY

Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with another video on the history of Albania, as we describe the rule of Enver Hoxha who created a hermit kingdom in Europe during the period.

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Sovietization of Yugoslavia and Albania:    • Sovietization of Yugoslavia and Albania - ...  
Indonesian War of Independence:    • Indonesian War of Independence - COLD WAR ...  
How a CIA Coup in Indonesia Failed:    • How a CIA Coup in Indonesia Failed - Cold ...  
Konfrontasi: Indonesia and Malaysia Go to War:    • Konfrontasi: Indonesia and Malaysia Go to ...  
West New Guinea Dispute: Indonesia vs Netherlands:    • West New Guinea Dispute: Indonesia vs Neth...  
How did Mongolia Survive Between Stalin's USSR and Mao's China?    • How did Mongolia Survive Between Stalin's ...  
Taiwan Under the Kuomintang Dictatorship:    • Taiwan Under the Kuomintang Dictatorship -...  
What Happened to the German and Japanese POWs?:    • What Happened to the German and Japanese P...  
Operation Paperclip:    • Operation Paperclip - COLD WAR SPECIAL  
German Expulsions:    • German Expulsions After WWII - Cold War DO...  
Soviet Education System:    • Soviet Education System - Cold War DOCUMEN...  
How Khrushchev Fed the Soviet People:    • How Khrushchev Fed the Soviet People  
Novocherkassk Massacre 1962:    • Novocherkassk Massacre 1962 - Soviet Army ...  
Soviet Tourism:    • Soviet Tourism: How did People Get In and ...  
Soviet Passport System: New Serfdom or Reform?:    • Soviet Passport System: New Serfdom or Ref...  
Kaliningrad: How Russia Got a Stronghold in Europe:    • Kaliningrad: How Russia Got a Stronghold i...  
How the Soviets Won the Early Space Race:    • How the Soviets Won the Early Space Race -...  
Soviet Television and Radio:    • Soviet Television and Radio - COLD WAR DOC...  
Top-5 Myths About the Soviet Union:    • Top-5 Myths About the Soviet Union - Cold ...  

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Sources:
Artan Puto and Mimoza Dhima, “The Cult of Personality: King Zog I and Enver Hoxha,” International Journal of Social and Educational Innovation, Vol.3, No.5 (2016)
Elidor Mehilli, From Stalin to Mao: Albania and the Socialist World (Cornell University Press, 2017)
Russell King and Julie Vullnetari, “From shortage economy to second economy: An historical ethnography of rural life in communist Albania,” Journal of Rural Studies, Vol.44 (2016)
Shannon Woodcock, Life is War: Surviving Dictatorship in Communist Albania (Hammeron Press, 2016)
Fred Abrahams, Modern Albania: From Dictatorship to Democracy in Europe (New York University Press, 2015)
Konstantinos Giakoumis and Marijan Premovic, “Underground spirituality and materiality: religious culture under surveillance and persecution in communist Albania, 1967-1990,” Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, Vol.23, No.4 (2023)
Blendi Fevziu, Enver Hoxha: The Iron Fist of Albania (I.B Tauris, 2016)