The end of the Cold War and the gradual opening of the archives in the former Communist countries made it possible for researchers to begin writing the history of the era from a wider perspective. This work on the imposition of Communism on Romania by the Soviet Union at the end of World War II is based on archival documents, memoirs, diaries and secondary sources. It describes and analyzes the opposition parties struggle to prevent the seizure of power by the Communists and the transformation of Romania into a totalitarian state. The work examines the pre-1989 views on the period...
The end of the Cold War and the gradual opening of the archives in the former Communist countries made it possible for researchers to begin ...