Albania in a Nutshell
A Brief History and Chronology
of Events
Albanian Studies, Vol. 7
ISBN 978-1508511946
Centre for Albanian Studies, London 2015
91 pp.
Albania is a small country in
southeastern Europe. It is situated on
the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in
the southwestern part of the Balkan
Peninsula and borders on Montenegro
to the north, Kosovo to the northeast,
the Republic of Macedonia to the east,
and Greece to the south.
But a few decades ago, Albania was
something of a curiosity on Planet
Earth. Perhaps only North Korea was as
isolated from the rest of the world as
Albania was. For left-wing idealists, it
was a distant Shangri-la where all social
inequalities had been done away with;
for those few individuals with concrete
knowledge of the realities of the
Stalinist regime that held power until
1990, and for the vast majority of people
living in Albania, it was hell on earth.
Despite its sombre past, Albania is, in
essence, a European nation like any other and will soon, it is to be hoped, advance and take
its proper place in Europe and the world.
This book provides a short overview of the history of Albania for the general reader.
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