Romania occupies a unique position on the map of Eastern Europe.
The book concludes with a tour of Bucharest, whose houses, streets and public monuments embody Romania\'s traditional values and contemporary contradictions..
He shows how modernization and the influence of the West have divided the nation - town versus country, nationalists versus pro-European factions, the elite versus the masses - and argues that Romania today is in chronic difficulty as it tries to fix its identity and envision a future for itself.
Boia introduces us to the heroes and myths of Romanian history, and provides an enlightening account of the history of Romanian Communism.
In this book the pre-eminent Romanian historian Lucian Boia examines his native land\'s development from the Middle Ages to modern times, delineating its culture, history, language, politics and ethnic identity.
It is a country that presents many paradoxes.
Romania occupies a unique position on the map of Eastern Europe
