Engaging with the self-captive nation
Albania in the US official documents from 1945 to 1980
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21157166 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bekim Sejdiu (0000-0002-9240-1156, Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kosovo, Prishtinë, Kosovo, corresponding author), Lulzim Peci (Kosovar Institute for Policy Research and Development, Prishtina, Kosovo) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 87-106 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-3857 • E-ISSN: 1743-9639 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14683857.2017.1370435 |
| OpenAlex | W2751128705 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
This paper aims to analyse US policy towards Albania during the cold war, as a case that illustrates Washington’s approach towards individual Communist countries in Eastern Europe in the light of the grand contest between the antagonist superpowers. This analysis is based almost exclusively on published US archival documents related to Albania from 1945 to 1980. This analysis underlines that in the American perception, the geopolitical importance of each Communist country was intrinsically linked with its position vis-à-vis the Soviet Union. Albania was no exception, despite the rigid Communist dogma it vigorously pursued
Cold war · Communism · CONTEST · Economic history · Economics · Economy · European union · Geopolitics · International trade · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Soviet union · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |