Romania in World War II [Hardcover]

Dinu C. Giurescu (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 15, 2000 | Series: East European Monograph (Book 545)

Focusing on the case of a small state engulfed in the worldwide war, this book is a critical analysis from a global comparative perspective of Romania's major developments between 1939-1945. The book explains significant events as recorded in documents and in cross-examination and reenacts the way of thinking, actions, reactions, and motivations of the decision-makers and of the political opposition of the time, as events unfolded beyond their capacity to control them. The author puts events within a historical, geopolitical, perspective, both global and local.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The author's aims are to explain significant developments; to reconstitute attitudes, reactions, decisions, and motivations of the key players; and to put Romania's situation in its wider historical context....The author is particularly successful in reconstituting the motivations and actions of key Romanian players....The primary value of "Romania in the Second World War" is to give English-speaking readers a window on the evolving debate in Romania on its internal wartime politics and policy. It offers a mine of sourced quotes and a useful Romanian-language bibliography." -- M.W.A. Axworthy, "Journal of Military History"

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Romanian

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 360 pages
• Publisher: East European Monographs (April 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0880334436
• ISBN-13: 978-0880334433
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.8 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,208,127 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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