1st Edition
With Tito’s Partisans Communists and Peasants in War-Torn Yugoslavia, 1941–1945
By Xavier Bougarel
Copyright 2026
220 Pages
by
Central European University Press
Who still remembers Tito’s Yugoslav Partisans? Once worshipped by some, now disparaged by others (or even by the very same), they remain largely unknown to the English-speaking public. This book enables readers to discover them through a meticulous reconstruction of their everyday life in the liberated territories. How did the Partisans stop interethnic violence? How did they foster the political... Read more
LIST OF MAPS
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1. THE FRATERNITY OF THE YUGOSLAV PEOPLES
Chapter 2. THE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF THE MASSES
Chapter 3. THE LEADING ROLE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY
Chapter 4. THE ECONOMY OF THE LIBERATED TERRITORIES
Chapter 5. THE PEOPLE’S JUSTICE
CONCLUSION: COMMUNISTS, PEASANTS, AND COMMUNIST PEASANTS
APPENDICES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
Biography
Xavier Bougarel is a researcher at the Center for Social History of the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. His most recent publication, co-edited with Paolo Fonzi and Sabine Rutar, is Food, Scarcity and Power in Southeastern Europe during the Second World War (2024).
