Secretele armatei. Puterea din umbra by Radu Tudor

Romania under Communism Paradox and Degenerationįirst published 2019 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2019 Dennis Deletant The right of Dennis Deletant to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. book-series/CEE 1 Hungary since 1945 Árpád von Klimó, translated by Kevin McAleer 2 Romania under Communism Denis Deletant 3 Bulgaria under Communism Ivaylo Znepolski, Mihail Gruev, Momtchil Metodiev, Martin Ivanov, Daniel Vatchkov, Ivan Elenkov, Plamen Doynow Routledge Histories of Central and Eastern Europe Dennis Deletant is Visiting Ion Raţiu Professor of Romanian Studies in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, Washington DC, and Emeritus Professor of Romanian Studies at University College, London.

The course of that trajectory is the subject of this inquiry. That trajectory has its origins in the social structures, attitudes and policies in the pre-Communist period. 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. The passage of little over a quarter of a century since the overthrow in December 1989 of Romania’s last Communist leader, Nicolae Ceauşescu, offers a symbolic standpoint from which to penetrate that shadow and to throw light upon the entire period of Communist rule in the country. The organization of the Securitate at 22 December 1989.Ĭommunism has cast a long shadow over Romania. Operational objectives of UM 0920/A.Īppendix 9. UM 0920/A, redesignated UM 0110 in August 1978. The arrest and interrogation of Herbert (Belu) Zilber.Īppendix 8. The formation of the Groza government.Īppendix 7. The Romanian Foreign Ministry.Īppendix 5. The statement of Gheorghe Pintilie, former head of the Securitate, dated and presented to the Party Commission charged with investigating the death of Ştefan Foriş.Īppendix 4. The organization of the Romanian Security Service 1948–1965.Īppendix 3. Repression, degeneration and isolation.Īppendix 1.

Promoting national identity: Transylvania and Bessarabia.ġ4. Gheorghiu-Dej’s consolidation of power.ĩ.

The Securitate as an instrument of coercion.ĥ. The application of the totalitarian blueprint.Ĥ. The coup of 23 August 1944 and the path to power of the Romanian Communist Party.ģ. The early years of the Romanian Communist Party (1921–1944).Ģ.

Secretele armatei. Puterea din umbra by Radu Tudor