Subjects:  1. 1944-1989    2. History    3. Romania   

Subjects:  1. Eastern Europe - General    2. History    3. History - General History    4. History: World    5. Modern - 20th Century   

Subjects:  1. 1821-1866    2. 1849-1867    3. Eastern Europe - General    4. Europe - Austria & Hungary    5. History    6. History - General History    7. History: World    8. Hungary    9. Influence    10. Nationalism    11. Politics and government    12. Romania    13. Uprising of 1848-1849    14. Ethnic relations    15. European history: c 1750 to c 1900    16. History / Europe / Eastern    17. Hungarians    18. Minorities    19. Romanians    20. Transylvania    21. Transylvania (Romania)    22. c 1800 to c 1900   

Subjects:  1. Anthropology - General    2. Archaeology / Anthropology    3. Balkan Peninsula    4. Cultural And Social Anthropology    5. Eastern Europe - General    6. Genealogy    7. Greece    8. Names, Personal    9. Romania    10. Social Science    11. Social life and customs    12. Sociology    13. History / Europe / Eastern   

Subjects:  1. 1944-1989    2. Balkan Peninsula - History    3. Biography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Ceausescu, Nicolae    7. Ceauðsescu, Nicolae    8. General    9. Political History    10. Politics and government    11. Presidents    12. Romania    13. Biography: general    14. POLITICS & GOVERNMENT   

Subjects:  1. Anthropology - General    2. Archaeology / Anthropology    3. Eastern Europe - General    4. Economic conditions    5. Ethnic relations    6. Ethnohistory    7. History    8. Peasantry    9. Politics and government    10. Romania    11. Transylvania    12. Transylvania (Romania)    13. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)    14. Social Science / Anthropology / General   

Subjects:  1. 1944-1989    2. 1971-1990    3. 1975-1985    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Economic history    6. Foreign Relations    7. Foreign economic relations    8. International - Economics    9. International economic relations    10. Politics and government    11. Politics/International Relations    12. Romania    13. World politics    14. Yugoslavia   

Subjects:  1. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    2. Eastern Europe - History    3. Historiography    4. History - General History    5. History: World    6. Transylvania (Romania)    7. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)    8. Hungary    9. Nationalism    10. Romania   

Reviews (2)

A Necessary Historic Read
Any serious student of world affairs should read -- even study -- this book. Brzezinski was director of the National Security Council during the Carter administration so few could write with more authority on the subject of communism in the 20th Century. Prescient
Having written in 1989 that Communism would collapse this book is about 80% correct and terribly prescient.Russian bloc communism did collapse in 1990-1991.China has liberlaized its economy.Cuba and N. Korea remain the only outliers, soon to collapse.This book gives a quick tour de force fo this. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Communism    3. History    4. Political Ideologies - Communism & Socialism    5. Politics - Current Events    6. Politics/International Relations    7. Marxism & Communism    8. Non-Classifiable   

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Butter vs Culture.
Philosophy is a way to leave your life. This book helps you to understand better the difference between this two questions: "What are you doing for living?" and"What are you doing in life (or better with your life)?". Unspoken Truths
There were many forms of resistance under communism and we don't know them all yet. Liiceanu's Paltinis Diary constitutes such an example no doubt. Articulated as a reverential homage to Constantin Noica, Liiceanu's master, this book is full of insights into a subculture of intellectual resistance through the "paideic model" to communist ideology and dogmatism generally. The "master" also seems to be proposing a resistance to "modern rationality," or capitalism, into culture, spiritual elevation, and political passivity, as a form of legitimate apolitical disengagement. Today, the west is generally used to identify forms of resistance to communism with the help of a tripping "grand theory" of dissident-intellectuals: active, politically militant, promoting "socialism with humane face" or outright liberalism. Think only of Adam Michnik, V�clav Havel, the leaders of the Solidarity movement in Poland, Charter 77 in Czechoslovakia, or the technocratic elite in Hungary. But what could one do in Romania under a tyrant, Ceausescu? Nothing? This book is indicative that subversive resistance existed and that if dissent was impossible to utter in the open air, a duplicitously undermining complicity managed to leave some gray areas for alternative knowledge. Read more

Subjects:  1. 1942-    2. 20th century    3. Diaries    4. History & Surveys - Modern    5. Intellectual life    6. Liiceanu, Gabriel,    7. Noica, Constantin    8. Philosophy    9. Political Ideologies - Communism & Socialism    10. Political Science    11. Politics/International Relations    12. Romania    13. European history: postwar, from c 1945 -    14. Non-Western philosophy    15. Western philosophy, from c 1900 -   

Subjects:  1. Defenses    2. Europe, Eastern    3. International Relations - General    4. North Atlantic Treaty Organiza    5. North Atlantic Treaty Organization    6. Political Freedom & Security - International Secur    7. Political History    8. Political Science    9. Politics - Current Events    10. Politics/International Relations    11. Eastern Europe    12. International relations    13. NATO    14. Peacekeeping operations   

Subjects:  1. History: World    2. Battles & campaigns    3. European history: Second World War    4. Romania   

Subjects:  1. Eastern Europe - General    2. History    3. History - General History    4. History: World    5. History / Europe / Eastern   

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An alternative view of Romania
The book may never stand out as a literary gem, but it is an emotional and stirring account of one man's experience both growing up in Romania and his experience with the revolution.It is a recount that you will not find in any history book, but one that is just as relevant, of the euphoria Christmas 1989 and subsequent disappointment afterwards.Each Romanian has their own opinion of that time, as events affected everyone differently, and the revolution was short in duration and not wide spread.My wife's recounts vary greatly from Antal's.I wish more people like Antal would put their recollections into print.The bottomline is, Antal does tell a good story. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Contemporary Politics - Eastern Europe    3. Historical   

Subjects:  1. 1914-    2. Biography    3. Coposu, Corneliu,    4. Eastern Europe - History    5. Government - International    6. History & Theory - General    7. Interviews    8. Nationalism    9. Political History    10. Political Science    11. Politicians    12. Politics - Current Events    13. Politics and government    14. Politics/International Relations    15. Romania    16. Coposu, Corneliu    17. History / Europe / Eastern   

Subjects:  1. Foreign Language - Dictionaries / Phrase Books    2. Handbooks & Manuals    3. History    4. Linguistics    5. Miscellaneous    6. Reference    7. Romanian language    8. Syntax    9. Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure    10. Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics    11. Romanian   

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roumania
In many ways this book compares favourably to recent literature and is a good starting point for any academic or journalist who wishes to gain an insight into not only roumania but central european mentality ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1944-1989    2. 1989-    3. Contemporary Politics - Europe    4. Eastern Europe - Romania    5. General    6. History    7. Politics / Current Events    8. Politics and government    9. Politics/International Relations    10. Revolution, 1989    11. Romania    12. Ceausescu, Nicolae    13. Death and burial    14. European history: postwar, from c 1945 -    15. Revolutions & coups   

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Reaching Out to Today's Romanians
I found Annabelle Townson's reminiscences of her service in the Peace Corps in Romania a delightful, touching read. Giving of herself in her senior years is admirable, and her spirit of adventure enviable. The book title, however, foretells her real story; it's not so much about her as about today's Romanians, how they endured the brutality of a cruel dictatorship, and how this marked their lives to this day, the good, the bad and the ugly. What mostly came through for me is how much these almost forgotten peopleon the fringe of the western world want to be understood, have other people, especially Americans, show an interest in them, and at least acknowledge their existence. Annabelle Townson obviously reached out to them, formed close friendships, listened to (and heard) what they had to say, and clearly touched their hearts, traits not often extended by Americans abroad. Good for her and for the Peace Corps for having had the good sense to send her there. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Eastern Europe - General    2. History    3. History: World    4. Non-Classifiable    5. Nonfiction    6. 21st century    7. European history: from c 1900 -    8. Religion / General    9. Romania   

Subjects:  1. Europe - General    2. History - General History   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Biography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. Concentration camps    5. History    6. Personal narratives, Romanian    7. Political Repression    8. Prisoners    9. Soviet Union    10. Urwich-Ferry, Johann    11. World War, 1939-1945