16th December 2014
This post was published when the author was in a previous role
Romanian Revolution through British Eyes/Michael Atkinson: ‘Bucharest during the 1989 Revolution’
By December 1989 the situation in Romania for the population was bad. Years of erratic dictatorial rule, ever increasing privation and austerity had produced an atmosphere ripe for change. But because of the very powerful communist tyranny and repression not even the most expert and experienced diplomatic and foreign media observers foresaw the sudden overthrow […]
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