Partisan and revolutionary, President of Yugoslavia, dictator and architect of an alternative socialist model - to this day, Tito (1892-1980) eludes any politically and historically one-dimensional classification. Joze Pirjevec, a professor of history and a recognized Tito expert, explores the phenomenon of Tito in this biography. Pirjevec traces the politicization of Josip Broz, as Tito was named at birth, and his rapid rise within the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, demonstrating how he transformed a divided party into a powerful partisan army that defeated the troops of Hitler and Mussolini. He illustrates how, with remarkable foresight, Tito soon opposed Stalin after the war, sought a different socialist path for Yugoslavia, and played a crucial role in the founding of the Non-Aligned Movement.