Subjects:  1. Transylvania (Romania) History   

Subjects:  1. 1944-1989    2. Cold War    3. Eastern Europe - General    4. Foreign relations    5. History    6. International Relations - General    7. Politics - Current Events    8. Politics / Current Events    9. Politics/International Relations    10. Romania    11. U.S. Foreign Relations    12. United States    13. World War, 1939-1945    14. Central government policies    15. Diplomacy    16. Political Science / International Relations    17. Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000    18. Second World War, 1939-1945    19. USA   

Subjects:  1. General    2. History    3. Journalism    4. Mass Communication Media And Politics    5. Mass media    6. Media Studies    7. Political aspects    8. Press And Society    9. Press and politics    10. Romania    11. Science/Mathematics    12. Technology & Industrial Arts    13. Censorship    14. Freedom of information & freedom of speech    15. Press & journalism   

Subjects:  1. Ethnic Studies - General    2. History - General History    3. History - U.S.    4. History: American    5. Jews    6. Persecutions    7. Politics and government    8. Romania    9. Soviet Union    10. United States    11. United States - General    12. Social Science / Ethnic Studies   

Subjects:  1. 1918-    2. Economic conditions    3. History    4. Romania   

Subjects:  1. Diplomatic History    2. Eastern Europe - General    3. History - General History    4. History: World    5. Diplomacy    6. European history: from c 1900 -    7. History / Europe / Eastern    8. Inter-war period, 1918-1939    9. Romania    10. Second World War, 1939-1945    11. Yugoslavia & former Yugoslavia   

Subjects:  1. Germans    2. History    3. Saxons    4. Transylvania    5. Transylvania (Romania)    6. United States   

Subjects:  1. Bessarabia (Moldova and Ukrain    2. Bessarabia (Moldova and Ukraine)    3. Boundaries    4. Boundaries And Frontiers    5. Eastern Europe - General    6. Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union    7. History    8. History - General History    9. History: World    10. Moldova    11. Romania    12. Eastern Europe    13. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)   

Reviews (2)

Slovak-American
I found this book to be very insightful and well documented.Having done my own research on Slovakia (and Czechoslovakia) during the 20th century, and being the son of a Slovak major general who saved Jews from deportation, fought in the Slovak National Uprising, directly served under President Edvard Benes between 1945 and 1948, and escaped communist Czechoslovakia in 1948 to continue his fight against totalitarianism, I have gained a fairly good grasp and understanding of the events that Slovakia and her people experienced in the 20th century.I have many family members still living in Slovakia with whom I regularly communicate and have visited there on numerous occasions, including during the period of communist rule.From all that I have come to understand about Slovakia's history and present-day struggles, I find that Dr. Cohen's analysis and focus is precise.Her only failure throughout her doctorial thesis is making a connection between Slovakia's long history of foreign occupation and oppression and the passive, pastoral character and nature of her people that has made her an easy victim and target over the centuries.It can be argued that this passive character is a consequence of centuries of external oppression or a manifestation of something deeper that has been at the core of the Slovak character since the 9th century.
provocative
While this book is a case study of post-communist Slovakia, it has great relevance for thinking about the Taliban and other such seemingly ideological regimes in other parts of the world.How deep really is the ideology of Muslim fundamentalism?Is it much more opportunistic than we think?Read this fascinating book to help you reflect on these and other questions. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Eastern Europe - General    2. History    3. History & Theory - General    4. Nationalism    5. Philosophy    6. Political Ideologies - Communism & Socialism    7. Political Philosophy    8. Political Science    9. Politics - Current Events    10. Politics/International Relations    11. Post-communism    12. Marxism & Communism    13. Romania   

Subjects:  1. 1914-1918    2. Diplomatic history    3. Europe - General    4. History    5. History: World    6. Military - World War I    7. Romania    8. World War, 1914-1918    9. European history: First World War   

Subjects:  1. 1989-    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Contemporary Economic Situations And Conditions    6. Development - Economic Development    7. Economic Conditions    8. Economic Policy    9. Romania    10. Business & Economics / Economic Development    11. Economic history    12. Economic theory & philosophy    13. European history: from c 1900 -    14. Political economy   

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Highly recommended contribution to Romanian studies.
Romania Revisited is the definitive story of journeys made by English travelers to Romania between 1602 and 1941. Alan Ogden interweaves impressions of previous generations of travelers into the witty account of his own explorations made in the summer and winter of 1998. RomaniaRevisited offers a comprehensive and perspicacious review of today'sRomania as it focuses on the heritage and art of the country, as well asOgden's own novel experiences while en route. Illustrated with Ogden'sphotography and helpful maps, Romania Revisited presents a valuable, highlyrecommended contribution to the study of the perception of Romania byEnglish outsiders down through the centuries, and at the same time doesvalued, much appreciated service for visitors to Romania today. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Balkan Peninsula - History    2. Description And Travel    3. Earth Sciences - Geography    4. Europe - General    5. History    6. History: World    7. Romania    8. Travelers' writings, English    9. Europe    10. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)    11. Modern period, c 1500 onwards    12. Travel writing    13. Travel    14. Art    15. Photography   

Subjects:  1. 1944-1989    2. 1945-1989    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Development - Economic Development    5. Economic conditions    6. Politics and government    7. Politics/International Relations    8. Romania    9. Socialism    10. Socialist Economics    11. History of ideas, intellectual history    12. POLITICS & GOVERNMENT   

Subjects:  1. European history: from c 1900 -    2. Romania   

Reviews (2)

A Question Title, an Answers Book
An extraordinary book, that can make all of us to think deeper to what we can do that things like those not to happen again... A book that could be written only by someone who lived in the free world and spent enough timein the now-in-transition countries, to understand exactly what happenedthere and what could be done to help these countries. It is very difficultfor people from there to find by themselves the answers to their questions,and it is difficult also for somebody who didn't live there to understandhow communism changed the people's minds. This book has exactly theseanswers, presented in an elegant manner and in an easy to understand way,by study cases. And the question from title has not an easy answer. I livedthere, I didn't like communism and so almost all of the population, butthis still existed for 45 years. The communism destroyed any knowledge orinstinct of freedom and made the people to be afraid of major changes until1989, when the contradictions grew so much that erupted in a popular riot,there where the governance was so blind to accept any change - Romania. Andnow, those people discovered the values of free market and democracy, butthey have also to learn again the rules of the game. The book helped me tounderstand this and to see what it could be done many years ago, when veryfew of us had the courage to predict these events.I recommend this bookto everybody, both for study and personal knowledge.

Excellent ! The steps and mis-steps, communist to capitalist
This book provides a graphic description of a crumbling communist power and the stumbling steps toward capitalism that followed. The detailed descriptions of real people and their lives under both old and new regimeskeeps the reading interesting. If you've ever wondered why, now thatcommunism is dead these countries can't just pick up the pieces and move onyou should read this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Communism    3. History & Theory - General    4. Political Ideologies - Communism & Socialism    5. Political Science    6. Politics / Current Events    7. Politics and government    8. Politics/International Relations    9. Post-communism    10. Romania    11. Non-Classifiable    12. POLITICS & GOVERNMENT   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Antisemitism    3. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    4. History    5. History - General History    6. History: World    7. Holocaust    8. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)    9. Jewish Holocaust    10. Jews    11. Military - World War II    12. Nationalism    13. Romania    14. European history: Second World War    15. History / Europe / Eastern    16. Jewish studies    17. Sorban, Raoul    18. The Holocaust   

Subjects:  1. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    2. Eastern Europe - General    3. History    4. History - General History    5. History: World    6. Transylvania (Romania)    7. Eastern Europe    8. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)    9. History / Europe / Eastern    10. Romania    11. c 1600 to c 1700    12. c 1700 to c 1800    13. c 1800 to c 1900   

Subjects:  1. History: World    2. Human rights    3. Romania   

Subjects:  1. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    2. Ethnomusicology    3. History & Criticism - General    4. Instruction & Study - Voice    5. Music    6. Vocal Music   

Subjects:  1. 1944-1989    2. Communism    3. Eastern Europe - General    4. Eastern Europe - Romania    5. History    6. History - General History    7. Romania