Tito biography book
A biography of the charismatic Few figures have dominated a nation's destiny as much as Marshal Tito of former Yugoslavia. For nearly thirty years he held together mutually hostile religious groups in a deeply divided country, but his death in 1980 rekindled centuries-old hatreds and by 1992 Yugoslavia ceased to exist.
A revealing biography of Tito by Jasper Ridley is a very good book examining the life of Josip Broz, the villager from Croatia, who defied the Yugoslavian authorities, the Axis occupiers, the Allies and the Soviet Union to create and lead Communist Yugoslavia for over thirty years.
Tito by Jasper Ridley is
Josip Broz Tito was a remarkable figure in the history of Communism, the Second World War, the Balkans and post-war Eastern Europe. He was the only European besides Lenin to lead a successful Communist revolution and became one of the most renowned Communist leaders of all time.Title: Josip Broz Tito Few figures have dominated a nation's destiny as much as Marshal Tito of former Yugoslavia. For nearly thirty years he held together mutually hostile religious groups in a deeply divided country, but his death in rekindled centuries-old hatreds and by Yugoslavia ceased to exist.