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Author | : Peter Siani-Davies |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780801473890 |
Download The Romanian Revolution of December 1989 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Romanian Revolution of 1989 was the most spectacularly violent and remains today the most controversial of all the East European upheavals of that year. Despite (or perhaps because of) the media attention the revolution received, it remains shrouded in mystery. How did the seemingly impregnable Ceausescu regime come to be toppled so swiftly and how did Ion Iliescu and the National Salvation Front come to power? Was it by coup d'état? Who were the mysterious "terrorists" who wreaked such havoc on the streets of Bucharest and the other major cities of Romania? Were they members of the notorious securitate? What was the role of the Soviet Union?Blending narrative with analysis, Peter Siani-Davies seeks to answer these and other questions while placing the events and their immediate aftermath within a wider context. Based on fieldwork conducted in Romania and drawing heavily on Romanian sources, including television and radio transcripts, official documents, newspaper reports, and interviews, this book is the most thorough study of the Romanian Revolution that has appeared in English or any other major European language.Recognizing that a definitive history of these events may be impossible, Siani-Davies focuses on the ways in which participants interpreted the events according to particular scripts and myths of revolution rooted in the Romanian historical experience. In the process the author sheds light on the ways in which history and the conflicting retellings of the 1989 events are put to political use in the transitional societies of Eastern Europe.
Author | : Ioan Scurtu |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 315 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Romania |
ISBN | : 9789738333536 |
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Author | : Mr.Dimitri G. Demekas |
Publisher | : International Monetary Fund |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 1991-06-15 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781557751904 |
Download The Romanian Economic Reform Program Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This paper outlines the main characteristics and the development of the centrally planned economic sysetm in Romania before the beginnings of the transition to a market eonomy it then presents the design, objectives, and implementation of the reform program.
Author | : Árpád Szőczi |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Communism and Christianity |
ISBN | : 9781475958744 |
Download Timisoara Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Time was running out for Romania's biggest dissident, László Tökés in the western Romanian city of Timisoara. The Reformed Church Minister had been using his pulpit every week to preach to packed congregations about the brutal living conditions in the country as well as about the many human rights abuses by the regime's dreaded secret police - the Securitate. Such open dissent had never been done before, and Tökés would have to be disposed of. But Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu had to be careful because of the support the minister was getting from the West. Things dramatically changed when an émigré group from North America sent in two Canadians to record a secret TV interview with Tökés. It was March 20, 1989. The interview would have dire consequences - both for Tökés, and for his country.
Author | : David Berry |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2017-07-05 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1351882473 |
Download The Romanian Mass Media and Cultural Development Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This compelling book assesses the development of the mass media since the Romanian Revolution in December 1989 and the media's impact on cultural development, the public sphere, civil society and democracy. It controversially claims that Romania's failure to experience a thoroughgoing enlightenment project in its entire history remains a major obstacle for producing democratic ownership of the media and democratic development of society. Analyzing both the print and broadcast media and their respective effects on development, the book also discusses the effects of Romanian law on media and societal development, ethics, and media responsibilities. It concludes, however, that far from having an absolutely negative impact on Romanian post-communism, the media has helped produce a contradictory empirical form that equally contains positive moments in terms of subjective cultural development.
Author | : Victor Sebestyen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Europe, Central |
ISBN | : 9780753827093 |
Download Revolution 1989 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Documents the collapse of the Soviet Union's European empire (East Germany, Poland, Czechoslvakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria) and the transition of each to independent states, drawing on interviews and newly uncovered archival material to offer insight into 1989's rapid changes and the USSR's minimal resistance.
Author | : Caryl Churchill |
Publisher | : Samuel French, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780573693328 |
Download Mad Forest Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"This timely drama resulted from a trip to Romania. Developed with students from London's Central School of Drama, this is an incisive portrait of society in turmoil that focuses on two families to reveal what life is like under a totalitarian regime and what results when the regime collapses. The play's brief scenes are almost cinematic in their presentation of events as seen by ordinary people trying to live in peace." -- Publisher's description
Author | : Dennis Deletant |
Publisher | : M.E. Sharpe |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781563246333 |
Download Ceauşescu and the Securitate Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Deletant (Romanian studies, U. of London) provides an extensive history and examination of the Securitate, Ceausescu's secret police. The first two chapters address the methods used to impose Communist rule in Romania and revolutionize Romanian society. Subsequent chapters deal with Transylvania and Ceaucescu's appeals to national sentiment, the role of Bessarabia in cultivating support, compliance and dissent, central planning, repression in the years 1978 to 1989, and the present state of affairs. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author | : Ivo Banac |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 2019-01-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 150173332X |
Download Eastern Europe in Revolution Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In this book twelve outstanding authorities present their thoroughgoing assessments of the East European revolution of 1989—the definite collapse of communism as an ideology, a political movement, and a system of power in eight countries. All but two of the contributors focus on the revolution in an individual region or country—Poland, Hungary, the German Democratic Republic, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, and Albania—and each of them addresses the theme of regime transition. In Eastern Europe, of course, the transition from communism to.... has been as complex and varied as the political geography of the notorious "fracture zone" itself, and individual authors thus concentrate on different sets of problems; they tell different kinds of stories. Pointing to the enormous difficulties of systematic transformation, they measure the dangers of nationality conflict and the potential for new authoritarianism. Ivo Banac has assembled a cast with impressive credentials. Without imposing an artificial unity on a chaotic subject, their book maps out the events of 1989-90 and sets the background for figuring out where the region may be headed.
Author | : Dennis Deletant |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Download Romania Under Communist Rule Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book is the first synthesis of the history of communism in Romania, from the founding of the Romanian Communist Party in 1921 to the revolution that led to the downfall of Communist dictator Nicolae Ceaucescu in December 1989. This book is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the development of communism in Romania and the impact of four decades of communist rule on Romanian society. Romania Under Communist Rule is divided into three parts. The first presents the period of Soviet domination and the consolidation of the Communist regime in Romania during the period from 1947 to 1955. The second discusses the Romanian Communist Party's efforts at autonomy in the period from 1956 to 1969, including the withdrawal of Soviet troops form Romania in 1958, and the coming to power of Nicolae Ceaucescu after the death of Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej in 1965. The third and final section of the book analyzes the neo-Stalinist dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaucescu, culminating in the overthrow of the communist regime in Romania as a result of the December 1989 revolution. The author, Dennis Deletant, is a leading specialist on Romanian history and culture. Professor of Romanian studies at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at the University of London, he is recognized as the leading authority on Romanian history in Great Britain.