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Acknow ledgem ents
I wish to thank the C om m ittee for Cultural Relations and
Foreign C ontacts, Tirana, for originally m aking possible the
project o f writing this book.
The Fakulteti Shkencave Politike-Juridike of Tirana Uni­
versity helped me to correct m any errors w ithout being in
any way responsible for rem aining im perfections.
A nd very sincere thanks to the people of Albania, of all
ages and positions, w ho in answering my questions in such a
frank and com radely spirit, supplied me w ith the inform ation
which has contributed to whatever understanding I have of
socialism in practice.
William Ash
A lbania’s difference with the Soviet U nion over the issue of
the true nature of socialism, coupled w ith its fraternal
alliance w ith People’s China, has been at the very core o f the
split in the world com m unist m ovem ent.
Yet, until William Ash w rote this book, no adequate
history o f Albania has been published in the West.
PICKAXE AND RIFLE is m ore than an historical account
o f this interesting b u t little know n country: it is a political
and sociological study of the only socialist state in Europe.
Having liberated themselves from fascist occupation, how
did the Albanian people free themselves also from the whole
system of exploitation and defend their new socialist state
from the hostile countries all around them ?
What new social institutions and governm ental organisation
reflect the transfer of state pow er into the hands of the
working people?
What are the characteristics o f real socialist society as
developed by the Albanians, and how have they guaranteed it
.gainst the distortions and deform ations which have over­
taken the o ther East European peoples’ democracies?
And as a result, w hat is the quality of life in Albania
today?
William Ash, author of MARXISM AND MORAL
CONCEPTS, was invited to Albania in 1969 to to u r the
to iin try extensively and to collect m aterial for this book.
A),.mi, in 1971, the author had an opp ortunity of visiting
Alli.mia at the tim e of the Sixth Congress of the Party of
I ilium of Albania, and of checking the draft typescript of
III* work with historians, w ith State and Party leaders and,
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I In ii suit is a m ost compelling account of real socialism in
O ther books by William A sh
F ictio n
T H E LO TU S IN T H E SKY
C H O IC E O F ARM S
T H E L O N G E ST WAY R O U N D
R ID E A PA P E R T IG E R
T A K E -O F F
N o n -fictio n :
M A RX ISM A N D M O R A L C O N C EPTS
PICKAXE AND RIFLE
W illiam Ash
HOW ARD BAKER
LONDON
W illiam Ash
P IC K A X E A N D R IF L E
F irst p u b lish e d b y H o w ard B aker Press L td ., 1974
A H O W A R D B A K E R BOOK
© C o p y r ig h t: William A sh, 1974
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