Romania and the European Union: How the Weak Vanquished the Strong

by Tom Gallagher

Book Overview

According to Tom Gallagher, Romania's predatory rulers, the heirs of the sinister communist dictator Ceausescu, have inflicted a humiliating defeat on the European Union. He argues convincingly that Brussels was tricked into offering full membership to this Balkan country in return for substantial reforms which its rulers then refused to carry out. This book unmasks the failure of the EU to match its visionary promises of transforming Romania with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719087457
• ISBN13: 9780719087455
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"