History of the Romanians

"The A History" is the first and best single volume history of the Romanian people in the English language. Written without the fear of censorship, it provides a clear and coherent account that examines the ethnic communities from pre-Roman times to the present, and focuses on the social structures, economics and political institutions of the principalities inhabited by the Romanian people at various stages in their historical development. Based on an exhaustive knowledge of the existing literature, Vlad Georgescu's book will become a key reference work on the subject. Originally published in Romanian in 1984, the text has been updated in an epilogue written by Matei Calinescu and Vladimir Tismaneanu that considers the events of the past decade and concentrates in particular on the 1989 revolution that deposed Ceaucescu and opened another chapter in Romania's turbulent history. Vlad Georgescu was director of the Romanian Service of Radio Free Europe in Munich until his death in 1988.