The Selected Works of Josip Broz Tito

Book excerpt: Marshal Josip Broz Tito (1892 – 1980) was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman, serving in various roles from 1945 until his death in 1980.While his presidency has been criticized as authoritarian, his economic and diplomatic policies were quite successful, and he was a highly influential public figure abroad. Viewed as a unifying symbol, his internal policies successfully maintained the peaceful coexistence of the nations of the Yugoslav federation. He gained international attention as the chief leader of the Non-Aligned Movement, working with Jawaharlal Nehru of India and Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt.