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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kirk, Roger, 1930-
Other Authors:	Raceanu, Mircea
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : St. Martin's Press, 1994.
Subjects:	United States > Foreign relations > Romania. Romania > Foreign relations > United States.

Table of Contents:

Prologue: how mutual misperceptions affected diplomacy
1. Setting the stage
2. The cast of characters and the first act, 1985
3. Shultz tackles Ceausescu directly, 1985
4. Human rights take center stage, 1986
5. Whitehead tries to make a new start, 1986
6. Frictions mount, 1987
7. Back from the brink, 1987
8. Pressures hit the danger point, 1987
9. Rupture, 1988
10. Dialogue of the deaf, 1988
11. From bad to worse, 1988
12. The last act, 1989
13. Epilogue: some lessons
App. 1. Text of December 6, 1985, letter from President Ronald Reagan to President Nicolae Ceausescu
App. 2. Text of January 7, 1986, letter from President Nicolae Ceausescu to President Ronald Reagan
App. 3. Text of June 3, 1986, letter from President Ronald Reagan to President Nicolae Ceausescu
App. 4. Text of January 23, 1987, message from Secretary of State George Shultz to Foreign Minister Ioan Totu.
App. 5. Text of March 28, 1987, letter from Secretary of State George Shultz to President Nicolae Ceausescu
App. 6. Text of January 26, 1988, letter from President Ronald Reagan to President Nicolae Ceausescu
App. 7. Text of February 12, 1988, letter from President Nicolae Ceausescu to President Ronald Reagan
App. 8. Text of February 26, 1988, Department of State statement: "Romania Renounces MFN Renewal"
App. 9. Text of February 27, 1988, Romanian Agerpres "Statement on the Economic Relations of the Socialist Republic of Romania with the United States of America
App. 10. U.S.-Romanian Trade, 1974-1990
App. 11. Romanian Emigration to the United States, Israel, and West Germany during the Period of MFN, 1975-1988.