Bucharest diary : Romania's journey from darkness to light : an American ambassador's memoir / Alfred H. Moses ; [foreword by U.S. Senator Christopher van Hollen].
Publisher:
Brookings Institution Press,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
xxi, 394 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Part one. My introduction to Romania -- Ceaus̀§escu, Romania's Jews, Chief Rabbi Rosen, and me -- Looking back to explain present-day Romania -- The curtain rises -- Jumping in as ambassador -- Part two. Romania struggles -- Building the case in Washington for the bilateral relationship with Romania and speaking truth to power in Romania -- Former President Bush in Bucharest -- Negotiating Romania's treaty with Hungary -- Romania's president comes to the Oval Office -- Part three. Romania's democracy in action -- A new year, step-by-step -- Washington pays attention -- A visit from Hillary Clinton -- Run-up to the general election -- Part four. Changing of the guard in Romania -- New faces, old story lines -- More peace and more business -- A bountiful harvest -- Epilogue: Romanian history in the making.
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