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*Tito's Yugoslavia also gained enormous prestige as a founder of the non-aligned movement, which aimed to find a place in world politics for countries that did not want to stand foursquare behind either of the two superpowers. Despite all this, and although there was much substance to Tito's Yugoslavia, much was illusion too. The economy was built on the shaky foundations of massive western loans. Even liberal communism had its limits, as did the very nature of the federation. Stirrings of nationalist dissent in Croatia and Kosovo were crushed. The federation worked because in reality the voice of only one man counted - that of Tito himself.</ref>
*Tito's Yugoslavia also gained enormous prestige as a founder of the non-aligned movement, which aimed to find a place in world politics for countries that did not want to stand foursquare behind either of the two superpowers. Despite all this, and although there was much substance to Tito's Yugoslavia, much was illusion too. The economy was built on the shaky foundations of massive western loans. Even liberal communism had its limits, as did the very nature of the federation. Stirrings of nationalist dissent in Croatia and Kosovo were crushed. The federation worked because in reality the voice of only one man counted - that of Tito himself.</ref>
*'''Ivo Goldstein''' 'Croatia A History':
*'''Ivo Goldstein''' 'Croatia A History':
''"People could obtain so much free or for less than the market price (e.g. apartments) that they could be obtain without work."''
''"People could obtain so much free or for less than the market price (e.g. apartments) that they could be obtained without work."''
'''Note''': Ivo Goldstein is a Professor at the [http://www.unizg.hr/homepage/ University of Zagreb] & former Director of the Institute for Croatian History of the University of Zagreb. Zagreb is the capital city of Croatia.
'''Note''': Ivo Goldstein is a Professor at the [http://www.unizg.hr/homepage/ University of Zagreb] & former Director of the Institute for Croatian History of the University of Zagreb. Zagreb is the capital city of Croatia.
== Testimony-Eye Witness ==
== Testimony-Eye Witness ==
*Mitja Ribicic - ''' Internal Security''' of the Former Yugoslavia: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kspj_4TcjOQ&feature=related BBC 4]
*Mitja Ribicic - ''' Internal Security''' of the Former Yugoslavia: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kspj_4TcjOQ&feature=related BBC 4]