Josip Tito is one of the few communist leader I hold some respect for; his government paid for everything the people needed: housing, food, health care, education...he was truly in it for the people economically it would seem. I have two friends (one on this site) from two different nations that used to be part of Yugoslavia that say their parents wish Tito was alive so that he could bring the good old days of socialism back to Yugoslavia. And to add, Tito openly broke his ties with Stalin or by extension the Comintern and the official "communist" side of the cold war. This angered Stalin to the degree that five assassins (all failed) were sent to dispatch Tito. Eventually, Yugoslavia became neutral in the cold war until Tito's death in 1980.
