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1 online resource (413 pages) |
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Societies and culture in East-Central Europe ; 11 |
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Societies and culture in East-Central Europe ; 11.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Introduction: Why a History of Romanian Communism?; 1. Understanding National Stalinism: Legacies of Ceausescu's Socialism; 2. A Messianic Sect: The Underground Romanian Communist Party, 1921-1944; 3. The Road to Absolute Power: From Quasi-Monarchy to People's Democracy, 1944-1948; 4. Stalinism Unbound, 1948-1956; 5. Aftershocks of the CPSU's Twentieth Congress, 1957-1960; 6. Opposing Khrushchevism: Gheorghiu-Dej and the Emergence of National Communism, 1960-1965; 7. Ceausescu's Dynastic Communism, 1965-1989 |
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Epilogue: The RCP's AfterlifeAppendix: The Romanian Communist Party's Leadership: A Biographical Roster; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; Plates |
| Summary |
Stalinism for All Seasons is the first comprehensive history of the Romanian Communist Party (RCP). It traces the origins of the once-tiny, clandestine revolutionary organization in the 1920s through the years of national power from 1944 to 1989 to the post-1989 metamorphoses of its members. Vladimir Tismaneanu uses documents that he discovered while working in the RCP archives in Bucharest in the mid-1990s and interviews with many of the party members from the Ceau_escu and Gheorghiu-Dej eras to tell the absorbing story of how RCP members came to power as exponents of Moscow and succeeded in |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-356) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Barbara Jelavich Book Prize (won), 2004 |
| Subject |
Partidul Comunist Român.
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| SUBJECT |
Partidul Comunist Român fast |
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Communism -- Romania
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Communism.
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Communism
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communism.
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Communism
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Politics and government
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Romania -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115021
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Romania |
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Romania
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780520929876 |
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052092987X |
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9780520237476 |
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0520237471 |
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