1st Edition

Romania, 1916–1941 A Political History

By Dennis Deletant Copyright 2023
270 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

270 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

270 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This study challenges the rose-tinted view of the interwar period in Romanian history, which is often judged against the darkness of almost five decades of Communist rule. Romania, like several of the states of Eastern Europe, emerged from the First World War as it had entered it, as a predominantly agricultural country, and one of its major problems was the condition of the peasantry. This... Read more

1. Prologue, 2. Romania 1916-1929. Politics, 3. Romania 1918-1940. Economics and Society, 4. Foreign Policy. 1918-1940, 5. The Cession of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, 6. Romania 1930-1940. Politics, 7. The National Legionary State, 1940-1941, 8. Military Dictatorship, 9. Romania at War, 1941, 10. Conclusion

Biography

Dennis Deletant is Emeritus Professor in the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at University College London, UK. He has authored many books including Romania under Communism (2019), British Clandestine Activities in Romania during the Second World War (2016), and Ceaușescu and the Securitate (2016).