Bucharest Diary : Romania's Journey from Darkness to Light /

An insider's account of Romania's emergence from communism control In the 1970s American attorney Alfred H. Moses was approached on the streets of Bucharest by young Jews seeking help to emigrate to Israel. This became the author's mission until the communist regime fell in 1989. Befo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Moses, Alfred H. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Moses, Alfred H.
Diplomats > United States > Biography.
Romania > Politics and government > 1989-
Romania > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Romania.
Autobiographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • My introduction to Romania. Ceauşescu, Romania's Jews, Chief Rabbi Rosen, and me
  • Looking back to explain present-day Romania
  • The curtain rises
  • Jumping in as ambassador
  • Romania struggles. Building the case in Washington for the bilateral relationship with Romania and speaking truth to power in Romania
  • Former president bush in Bucharest
  • Negotiating Romania's treaty with Hungary
  • Romania's president comes to the Oval Office
  • Romania's democracy in action. A new year, step-by-step
  • Washington pays attention
  • A visit from Hillary Clinton
  • Run-up to the general election
  • Changing of the guard in Romania. New faces, old story lines
  • More peace and more business
  • A bountiful harvest
  • Epilogue. Romanian history in the making.

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