Romania versus the United States : the diplomacy of the absurd, 1985-1989 /

This book is a revealing insiders' account of the deteriorating special relationship between the United States and Romania in the last years of the Ceausescu dictatorship. The authors were the two chief diplomatic actors in the drama, on opposite sides of the dialogue in Bucharest, Roger Kirk a...

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Main Author: Kirk, Roger, 1930-
Other Authors: Raceanu, Mircea
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 1994.
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Summary:This book is a revealing insiders' account of the deteriorating special relationship between the United States and Romania in the last years of the Ceausescu dictatorship. The authors were the two chief diplomatic actors in the drama, on opposite sides of the dialogue in Bucharest, Roger Kirk as U.S. ambassador to Romania, Mircea Raceanu as the Romanian Foreign Ministry's chief of U.S. and Canadian affairs.They document the tangled web of state-to-state relations in a way few others could and personalize otherwise impersonal diplomacy, offering vivid portraits of the major players and an invaluable historical record.
Item Description:"An Institute for the Study of Diplomacy book."
Physical Description:xii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0312120591
9780312120597