TY - BOOK AU - Fischer,Mary Ellen TI - Nicolae Ceausescu: A Study in Political Leadership SN - 9780931477836 U1 - 949.8030924 19/eng/20231120 PY - 2023///] CY - Boulder PB - Lynne Rienner Publishers KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Introduction --; 1 The Background: Youth and Revolution --; 2 Apprenticeship: The Gheorghiu-Dej Era, 1944-1965 --; 3 Succession: 1965 and the Ninth Party Congress --; 4 Preparations: The Early Years, 1965-1967 --; 5 Change and Crisis: October 1967-April 1968 --; 6 Aftermath: Intervention and Consolidation, 1968-1969 --; 7 From Revolutionary to Idol: The Emergence of the Leadership Cult --; 8 From Promotion to Circulation: The Party and Its Organs --; 9 From Hope to Despair: The Distortion of Participatory Democracy, National Equality, and Economic Growth --; 10 Conclusions --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Book and the Author; restricted access N2 - Seeking the factors that account for Ceausescu's remarkable successes, as well as his disastrous failures, Fischer examines in detail his personal background before World War II, his development as a party official, and particularly, his methods of rule since 1965 UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685853075 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781685853075 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781685853075/original ER -