2. “A Tribal and Parliamentary Dictatorship”: The 1920s in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures and Tables vii
4. Preface ix
5. Map xii
6. Introduction 1
7. PART ONE. The Collapse of Constitutional Monarchy in Yugoslavia
8. 1. National Ideology and the Formation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes 15
9. 2. “A Tribal and Parliamentary Dictatorship”: The 1920s in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes 41
10. PART TWO. The Advent of the Alexandrine Dictatorship
11. 3. Cutting the Gordian Knot: The Dictatorship’s First Year 77
12. PART THREE. Making Yugoslavs out of “Tribalists”
13. 4. National Workers of Yugoslavia, Unite! Moulding Yugoslavs, January 1930–September 1931 137
14. 5. Policing Yugoslavism: Surveillance, Denunciations, and Ideology in Daily Life 167
15. PART FOUR The Assassination of Aleksandar and the Strange Afterlife of His Dictatorship
16. 6. The Return of “Democracy”: September 1931–October 1934 207
17. Epilogue and Conclusion: “Preserve My Yugoslavia,” October 1934–May 1935 239
18. Notes 253
19. Sources and Bibliography 353
20. Index 367