Ideologies and National Identities : The Case of Twentieth-Century Southeastern Europe

Introduction Reconnecting the 20th Century Histories of Southeastern Europe Chapter I. Charisma, Religion and Ideology: Romania's Interwar Legion of the Archangel Michael Chapter II. 'We Were Defending the State': Nationalism, Myth, and Memory in 20th century Croatia Chapter III. Young, Religious and Radical: The Croat Catholic Youth Organizations 1922 - 1945 Chapter IV. Common Heroes, Divided Claims. IMRO between Macedonia and Bulgaria Chapter V. How to Use a Classic: Petar Petroviae Njego' in the 20th Century Chapter VI. 'The Happy Child' as the Icon of Socialist Transformation: Yugoslavia's Pioneer Organization Chapter VII. Popular Culture and Communist Ideology: Folk Epics in Tito's Yugoslavia Chapter VIII. Sounds and Noise in Socialist Bulgaria Chapter IX. Greater Albania: The Albanian State and the Question of Kosovo, 1912 - 2001 Chapter X. Struggling with Yugoslavism: Dilemmas of Interwar Serb Political Thought Chapter XI. Communist Yugoslavia and Its 'Others' Contributors Index