Zadnja bitka v Stalinovem imenu: Vittorio Vidali, komunizem na obalah Jadranskega morja in boj Informbiroja proti Titu (1947-1954)
The Final Battle in the Name of Stalin. »Communism on the Shores of the Adriatic Sea« and the Fight of the Cominform Against Tito (1947–1955)
Author(s): Patrick KarlsenSubject(s): Political history, Government/Political systems, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism, Cold-War History
Published by: Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino
Keywords: Communism; Cold War; Italy; Yugoslavia; Trieste; Vittorio Vidali;
Summary/Abstract: The essay aims to analyse the "Adriatic communism" policy implemented in the period from World War II to the eve of the schism between Stalin and Tito in 1948, with the subsequent rift in relations between Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union and the expulsion of Belgrade from the socialist camp. The essay focuses on the figure of Vittorio Vidali, an Italian communist leader (born in Muggia, near Trieste) with a long and prominent militant role in the Soviet intelligence services as evidenced by his involvement in various events both in Europe and the United States. The choice to focus the analysis on Vittorio Vidali is based on the decisive role he played in the "Adriatic communism" in the stages immediately preceding the Tito–Stalin split and then during the years of the Cominform's opposition against the Party and the Yugoslav regime after 1948.
Journal: Prispevki za novejšo zgodovino (before 1960: Prispevki za zgodovino delavskega gibanja)
- Issue Year: 56/2016
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 59-97
- Page Count: 39
- Language: Slovenian