Rise, Reign, and Reckoning: The Story of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia

A deep dive into the life of Alexander I, born in exile in 1888, who rose from crown prince to king of a newly formed Yugoslavia. We trace his journey from the Balkan Wars and World War I to his autocratic rule and the drive to weld a fractured nation together. Using excerpts from his Wikipedia entry, we explore how his early experiences shaped his vision of centralized power—and how that vision met the forces that led to his assassination in Marseille in 1934, revealing the costs of forced unity and the dangers of political extremism.

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