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* Albania * Foreword * Acknowledgements * Preface * Table A. Chronology of Important Events * Country Profile o Country o Geography o Society o Economy o Transportation and Telecommunications o Politics and Government o National Security * Introduction

* Chapter 1 - Historical Setting (Charles Sudetic) o The Ancient Illyrians o The Barbarian Invasions and the Middle Ages o The Albanian Lands Under Ottoman Domination, 1385-1876 + The Ottoman Conquest of Albania + Albanians under Ottoman Rule + Local Albanian Leaders in the Early Nineteenth Century o National Awakening and the Birth of Albania, 1876-1918 + The Rise of Albanian Nationalism + The Balkan Wars and Creation of Independent Albania + World War I and Its Effects on Albania o Interwar Albania, 1918-41 + Albania's Reemergence after World War I               + Social and Economic Conditions after World War I                + Government and Politics + Italian Penetration + Zog's Kingdom + Italian Occupation o World War II and the Rise of Communism, 1941-44 + The Communist and Nationalist Resistance + The Communist Takeover of Albania o Communist Albania + Consolidation of Power and Initial Reforms + Albanian-Yugoslav Tensions + Deteriorating Relations with the West + Albania and the Soviet Union + Albania and China + The Cultural and Ideological Revolution + The Break with China and Self-Reliance

* Chapter 2 - The Society and its Environment (Walter R. Iwaskiw) o Physical Environment + National Boundaries + Topography + Drainage + Climate o The Albanian People + Population + Ethnicity # Gegs and Tosks # Greeks and Other Minorities # Albanians in Kosovo + Languages and Dialects + Settlement Patterns o Social System + Traditional Social Patterns and Values + Social Structure under Communist Rule o Religion + Before 1944 + Hoxha's Antireligious Campaign + The Revival of Religion o Education + PreCommunist Era + Education under Communist Rule o Health and Welfare + Medical Care and Nutrition + Housing + Social Insurance

* Chapter 3 - The Economy (Charles Sudetic) o Economic Policy and Performance + The Precommunist Albanian Economy + Imposition of the Stalinist System + Dependence on Yugoslavia, 1945-48 + Dependence on the Soviet Union, 1948-60 + Dependence on China, 1961-78 + Isolation and Autarky o Economic System + Governmental Bodies and Control + Ownership and Private Property + Enterprises and Firms + Finance and Banking + Currency and Monetary Policy + Government Revenues and Expenditures + Savings o WORK FORCE AND STANDARD OF LIVING + Prices and Wages + Domestic Consumption + Standard of Living + Population and Work Force + Women in the Work Force + Trade Unions o Agriculture + The Land + Land Distribution and Agricultural Organization + Structure and Marketing of Agricultural Output + Livestock and Pasturelands + Mechanization + Fertilizers, Pesticides, and Seeds + Forests + Fisheries o Industry + Energy and Natural Resources + Manufacturing # Chemicals # Engineering # Light Industry # Food Processing + Construction + Environmental Problems o Transportation and Telecommunications + Road Transportation + Railroads + Air Transportation + Water Transportation + Telecommunications o Retail Trade, Services and Tourism + Retail Trade and Services + Black Market + Tourism o Foreign Economic Relations + Foreign Trade Organization + Foreign Trade Balance and Balance of Payments + Trade Partners + Commodity Pattern of Trade + Activities of Foreign Companies in Albania + Foreign Assistance o Prospects for Reform

* Chapter 4 - Government and Politics (Amy Knight) o Origins of the Political System + Albania after World War II               + The Hoxha Regime + Alia Takes Over o Albania's Communist Party o The Government Apparatus + People's Assembly + Council of Ministers and People's Councils + Courts o Mass Organizations + Democratic Front + Union of Albanian Working Youth + Union of Albanian Women + United Trade Unions of Albania o Mass Media o Reform Politics + Initial Stages + Human Rights + Further Moves Toward Democracy + Multiparty System + The Coalition Government of 1991 o Foreign Policy + Shifting Alliances + Changes in the 1980s + Alia's Pragmatism + Albania Seeks New Allies

* Chapter 5 - National Security (Karl Wheeler Soper) o Development of The Armed Forces + From Independence to World War II               + World War II                + Postwar Development o Evolution of National Security Policy o Defense Organization + Political Control + People's Army # Ground Forces # Air and Air Defense Forces # Naval Forces + Military Manpower # Conscript Training # Paramilitary Training # Military Schools + Military Budget and the Economy o Internal Security + Domestic Repression under Hoxha and Alia # Penal Code # Penal System + Security Forces # Directorate of State Security # Frontier Guards # People's Police # Auxiliary Police

* Appendix. Tables * Bibliography * Glossary

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