Foreword, Lavinia Stan

Introduction

Part I: The Fall of Communism

Chapter 1: 'An Observation Post': The Embassy in Bucharest and British Foreign Policy towards Romania During the Last Years of The Ceau¿escu Regime, Peter Siani-Davies

Chapter 2: Between Political Participation and Opposition: Everyday Resistance in Communist Romania, Manuela Marin

Chapter 3: 1989 - Annus Mirabilis for The Moldavian SSR, Sergiu Musteä¿

Chapter 4: Searching for Tourists: Tourist Activity in Romania at The End of 1989 under The Securitate's Surveillance, Virgiliu ¿âr¿u

Chapter 5: The Role of the Mass Media in the Romanian Revolution, Matei Gheboianu

Part II: The Challenging Road from Communism to Democracy

Chapter 6: Romania's Elections of May 1990, Ion Bucur and Daniela Popescu

Chapter 7: The Difficult Transition from Totalitarianism to Democracy in Romania after December 1989: Political Myths, Manipulation and Violence, Hadrian Gorun

Chapter 8: Romania and NATO in the Early 1990's: The Difficult Search for Romania's Post-Cold War Status, Mihail Dobre

Chapter 9: The Nation under Siege - A Hungarian-Romanian Perspective, Csaba Zahorán

Chapter 10: Thirty Years After: Major Sports Events in Europe. Case Study: Romania, Anita-Diana Sterea

Chapter 11: All in The Architecture? The Unfolding Metamorphosis of Central-Inner Warsaw (1989-2019), Peter Martyn

Part III: Reflections Three Decades Later

Chapter 12: Transformation, Post-communism, and the Deficiencies of Liberal Democracy in Poland: A Case Study, Krzysztof Brzechczyn

Chapter 13: Romania's Protest Culture Thirty Years After the Regime Change: Hegemonic Discourses and Western Ideals, Ruxandra Gubernat and Henry P. Rammelt

Chapter 14: Thirty Years Later: An Essay on Open Wounds and Lessons for The Future from Communism and Thirty Years of Transition, Ana Adi

Chapter 15: The Fall, Rise and Decline of Democracy in Europe and the World, Daniel Chirot

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