Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-356) and index.
Contents
Understanding national Stalinism : legacies of Ceaușescu's socialism -- A messianic sect : the underground Romanian Communist Party, 1921-1944 -- The road to absolute power : from quasi-monarchy to people's democracy, 1944-1948 -- Stalinism unbound, 1948-1956 -- Aftershocks of the the CPSU's twentieth congress, 1957-1960 -- Opposing Khrushchevism : Gheorghiu-Dej and the emergence of national communism, 1960-1965 -- Ceaușescu's dynastic communism, 1965-1989.