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Romania under communism : paradox and degeneration
- Title
- Romania under communism : paradox and degeneration / Dennis Deletant.
- Author
- Deletant, Dennis, 1946-
- Publication
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
- ©2019
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Details
- Description
- xxxi, 590 pages : map; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "Communism has cast a long shadow over Romania. The passage of little over a quarter of a century since the overthrow in December 1989 of Romania's last Communist leader, Nicolae Ceaușescu, offers a symbolic standpoint from which to penetrate that shadow and to throw light upon the entire period of Communist rule in the country. An appropriate point of departure is the observation that Romania's trajectory as a Communist state within the Soviet bloc was unlike that of any other. That trajectory has its origins in the social structures, attitudes and policies in the pre-Communist period. The course of that trajectory is the subject of this inquiry"--
- Series Statement
- Routledge histories of Central and Eastern Europe
- Uniform Title
- Routledge histories of Central and Eastern Europe.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The early years of the Romanian Communist Party (1921-1944) -- The coup of 23 August 1944 and the path to power of the Romanian Communist Party -- The application of the totalitarian blueprint -- The securitate as an instrument of coercion -- Gheorghiu-Dej's path to dominance -- Gheorghiu-Dej's consolidation of power -- The Romanian gulag -- Armed resistance -- Asserting autonomy, 1956-1965 -- The ascent of Nicolae Ceaușescu -- Ceaușescu's development of autonomy -- The paradox of foreign policy -- Promoting national identity: Transylvania and Bessarabia -- Compliance towards the regime -- Dissent -- Repression, degeneration and isolation -- Revolution.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-9353
- ISBN
- 9781138707429
- 1138707422
- LCCN
- 2018020823
- OCLC
- 1050140552
- Author
- Deletant, Dennis, 1946- author.
- Title
- Romania under communism : paradox and degeneration / Dennis Deletant.
- Publisher
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Routledge histories of Central and Eastern EuropeRoutledge histories of Central and Eastern Europe.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Other Form:
- Online version: Deletant, Dennis, 1946- author. Romania under Communism First edition. London ; New York : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2019 9781315201405 (DLC) 2018040800
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-9353