Jahre der Macht. Kräftespiel hinter dem Eisernen Vorhang. Memoiren 1945-1966.

by Milovan Djilas

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Genres: History

472 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

Milovan Đilas was a prolific political writer and former Yugoslav communist official remembered for his disillusionment with communism. Much of his work has been translated into English from Serbian. He was, above all, a literary artist. In several of his books, Djilas proclaimed himself a writer by vocation, and a politician only under the pressure of events.

Reviews

[Erik Graff · Rating 4 out of 5]

Djilas was a bit of a hero to some of us in high school as he was one of those who represented the idealism of communism, so often betrayed when ostensibly communist movements come to power. This is one of, I believe, three volumes which effectively constitute his autobiography, this one, the last, covering the years 1944-84.

[Darius · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid, although bro is pretty self-absorbed - fair play is his memoir. And at times really goes into 'and here's a list of all the people I talked to in the year 1951...*proceeds to list a bunch of random people who aren't significant to overall narrative and then give a little spiel about each*.

And the expulsion from the party is couched in fairly vague terms. Again it's his life, and maybe the whole thing was pretty murky. But a more frank description would have hit harder. Just my 2c. Carry on...

[Andrew Weitzel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finally got around to finishing Djilas' trilogy of memoirs-- only took six years! This concluding volume chronicles his time in the newly-formed Yugoslav government, where he is a member of Tito's inner circle. At least until he gets turned on for having democratic opinions and chucked back into prison, as inevitably happens in Communist dictatorships. This is also the most narratively coherent of his memoirs. It was pretty good! 4/5

[TroTro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Details about how the Yugoslav government worked.