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List of contents
Introduction 1. Richard Nixon in Romania 2. Romania Looks Further West 3. From Nixon to Ford 4. Gerald Ford and US–Romanian relations 5. Jimmy Carter’s Foreign Policy and Eastern Europe 6. Jimmy Carter and US–Romanian relations Conclusions
About the author
Paschalis Pechlivanis is a Lecturer in the History of International Relations at Utrecht University, the Netherlands, and a Research Fellow at the Institute for Research in the Humanities, University of Bucharest, Romania.
Summary
This book examines the US foreign policy of differentiation towards the socialist regimes of Eastern Europe as it was implemented by various administrations towards Ceausescu’s Romania from 1969 to 1980.
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'An absorbing examination of the US policy of differentiation towards Eastern Europe as manifested in the approach adopted by successive administrations to Romania between 1969 and 1980. Based on detailed research in US and Romanian archives, it provides an incisive analysis of the dynamics that determined the development of US-Romanian relations after Bucharest’s decision to pursue an autonomous line in foreign policy. The most graphic illustration of those relations is the fact that Nicolae Ceau¿escu made three state visits to the US between 1970 and 1978, an unprecedented record of such visits for the leader of a Warsaw Pact country.'-- Dennis Deletant, Visiting Professor, Georgetown University, USA'This is a timely study of US-Romanian relations that introduces much-needed nuance into our understanding of both the East-West relationship and the limits on Moscow’s control of its "satellites" in Eastern Europe. By highlighting the continuities between the Nixon, Ford and Carter administrations, Pechlivanis demonstrates how realism and geopolitics consistently trumped human rights as a driving force in Washington’s foreign policy, at least insofar as Eastern Europe was concerned. A must-read for students of Cold War history.'-- Prof. Sergey Radchenko, Cardiff University, UK'Paschalis Pechlivanis has written an important book on the bilateral relationship between the United States and Romania during the Cold War. Based on sources from both countries, he looks into the U.S. policy of differentiation towards the socialist regimes of Eastern Europe as it was implemented by the Nixon, Ford and Carter administrations towards Nicolae Ceau¿escu’s Romania from 1969 to 1980. The book is well written and closes an important gap in historiography. Pechlivanis provides a lucid narrative. He knows the literature, makes excellent use of U.S. and Romanian sources, and integrates his story into the wider
