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Best resources to learn about Yugoslavia? (hexbear.net)

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Books, podcasts, quality video content, whatever. I am more interested in how it developed and operated its unique socialist economy than the revolutionary and partisan struggle to establish the state.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There’s a couple great in-depth Rev Left episodes on it. One that’s just Breht and then another with an interview with a communist Yugoslavia scholar

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Here's the one with the scholar:

https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/yugoslavia-socialist-construction-in-the-balkans

Here's one with Yugopnik:

https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/yugopnik

But I can't seem to find the episode where it's just Breht...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

So I've heard good things about Tito and His Comrades (ha!) and Yugoslavia: A State That Withered Away is on my (long) reading list but I can't attest to either of those books personally, having not read them yet.

There's also Hoxha's take on Yugoslavia here which is exactly what you'd expect from Hoxha. Whether or not that's a good thing, at least you have to admit that the guy was consistent.

I've heard that Parenti's book on Yugoslavia, To Kill a Nation is questionable but I don't know enough about Yugoslavia to be able to make that call.

Edit: Lydall is supposed to be good on Yugoslavia too. These two books have a good reputation.