English resources about Tito's Yugoslavia

[Weezer]

I've recently taken an interest in the socialism(or capitalism, as some of you say) of Tito's Yugoslavia. I don't just want to know about their government, but the life and culture. Yugoslavian punk is pretty sweet. :thumbup1:

Any resources, books, websites, films, etc. on the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia are welcome, preferably if they are pro-Tito.

[bailey_187]

Kate Hudson - Breaking the South Slav Dream


Chris Hill - The Social Economic Alternative
--this book is quite shit overall (it attempts to put forward a new type of socialism), however it had a section about the Yugoslav economy, and praises it.

IIRC the group "socialist renewal" http://www.socialistrenewal.org.uk/, is quite pro-yugoslavia, or was. They published the above book by Hill , www.spokesmanbooks.com, so you may find some stuff from them, or could email them as id imagine they would be able to help you if i am right about their pro-Titoism

[Weezer]

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[Crvena-Zastava]

I am afraid that the best way to learn about the life and culture of SOCIALIST Yugoslavia is to talk to people who actually lived there. I have a good friend who lived in Yugoslavia since the late 30's [When he was born] up until the mid-80's. He also told me his comparison of Yugoslav society and the Soviet society when he went on a trip to Moscow which was quite interesting :lol: if you want to know anything, feel free to ask...

Also, be careful about who you ask for information. A lot of Cetniks lived in Yugoslavia, and their mouths are equivalent to a sane persons anus.

[punisa]

I have around 50 books on the subject, unfortunately none in English :(
I was thinking of scanning some of it and put it online, but I'm afraid that auto translating tools would not do the job (tried it before).
Shame, because some reads are amazing, such as the Biography of Tito written by Vladimir Dedijer (over 2000 pages long).

Internet seems to be short on Tito, which means I'll have to eventually change that :lol:

Possible links of interest:
Tito's communism (1951)
http://www.archive.org/details/titoscommunism00korb
note: overview of Tito's rule in Yugoslavia and Tito-Stalin split. Written by Czech author Josef Korbel. (for full text, choose the desired format on the left menu bar)

Is Yugoslavia a socialist country? (1963)
http://www.archive.org/stream/IsYugoslaviaASocialistCountry/yugo_djvu.txt
note: This is a document we have discussed here on revleft. It's a Chinese communist party report which blasts Tito and Khrushchev.

Socialism And War: A Survey Of Chinese Criticism Of The Policy Of Coexistence (1960)
http://ia331328.us.archive.org/2/items/socialismandwara012744mbp/socialismandwara012744mbp.pdf
note: A very interesting read. This book serves as a response to the loud Chinese criticism of Yugoslavia. It explains in details Tito's ideas of peaceful coexistence between nations and defends Yugoslav socialism.
It was written by Edvard Kardelj.

THE 1941 REVOLUTION AND WAR IN YUGOSLAVIA AS REPORTED BY THE AMERICAN PRESS
http://www.archive.org/stream/nationsfightfors002758mbp/nationsfightfors002758mbp_djvu.txt
note: This is a huge material.
Published on the part played by the Yugoslavs in the joint struggle of the Allies in defense of civilization, deals with the national uprising of March 1941 and the war against the Axis powers. The continued struggle of the Yugoslavs as presented to the world by the American press.

BIRTH OF YUGOSLAVIA (1922)
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/22414/22414-h/22414-h.htm
note: nothing to do with Tito or the socialist Yugoslavia. Book is written in 1922. and describes the former country which was the kingdom of Yugoslavia. Interesting book if one wants to learn a bit about south Slav people in general

[Thirsty Crow]

Hey, maybe I could translate some of your material since I'm a graduate student of English :)
PM if you think it's worth it.