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Dissertation Information for Dumitru Cercel

NAME:
- Dumitru Cercel

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- History

SCHOOL:
- University of California, Los Angeles (USA) (2002)

ADVISORS:
- Barisa Krekic

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- J. Arch Getty
- Stephen P. Frank
- Andrezj Korbonski

MPACT Status: Fully Complete

Title: Political opposition to communist power in Romania, 1944--1947

Abstract: This work on the political opposition against the imposition of Communism in Romania by the Soviet Union during the years immediately after World War II is based on archival documents, memoirs, diaries and secondary sources. It describes and analyzes the attempts made by the main opposition parties to prevent the seizure of power by the Romanian Communist Party and the transformation of Romania into a totalitarian state. The work examines the Cold War era views on the events of the period and contrasts them with some of the new interpretations of scholars who had the opportunity to work in the newly opened archives in Eastern Europe. The role played by the Great Powers in Romania during the period of transition to Communism and their relationships with the opposition leaders are also examined. Moreover, it analyzes the repressive means and methods used by the Communists against the most popular political parties in their quest to eliminate them from the political scene and imprison their leaders.

The findings of this study are to some extent mixed. On one hand, it concludes that many of the views of the Cold War era were to much extent confirmed by documents from the previously closed Communist archives. Yet, on the other hand, there are some new and old interpretations that are contradicted by the evidence presented in this work.

MPACT Scores for Dumitru Cercel

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