Pinstripes and Reds: An American Ambassador Caught Between the State Department and the Romanian Communists, 1981-1985

By David B. Funderburk

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0944273017
• ISBN13: 9780944273012
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Selous Foundation Pr
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

The Truth Sometimes Hurts

...this book does...provide a disturbing look inside the State Department and other areas of the US government vis a vis Romania. Romania was given a political "free ride" for many years by the US. This was because of cheap and shallow political gestures against the Soviet Union made by Romania, such as sending athletes to the Olympics during the Soviet boycott. Meanwhile, the regime did Moscow's bidding where it really counted and also repressed the Romanian people to devistating extremes. This book provides useful insight into many of the outrageous actions by the Romanian government and US refusal to do anything meaningful about it.

recounting of an ambassador's life in Communist Romania

The author recounts the process by which he was nominated & confirmed to be US ambassador to Communist Romania. Interesting insight into the inside workings of the State Department, as well as life in Ceausescu's Romania. An important historical text.