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. Communism has cast a long shadow over Romania.
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