Nicolae Ceausescu : : A Study in Political Leadership / / Mary Ellen Fischer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Fischer, Mary Ellen ,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1989
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (324 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781685853075; 9783110784268
• DOI: 10.1515/9781685853075
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Mary Ellen Fischer.

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.