Publisher's Synopsis
The Romanian Revolution was a period of violent civil unrest in Romania during December 1989 as a part of the revolutions of 1989 that occurred in several countries around the world.
Romanian Revolution
Story
Index
Chapter 1: Romanian Story
1.1 Timi?oara uprising
1.2 Crackdown
1.3 Revolution spreads
1.4 Street confrontations
Chapter 2: Military defection
2.1 Helicopter extraction
2.2 Trial and execution
Chapter 3: National Salvation Front (Romania)
3.1 Interim government
3.2 First elected government
3.3 Breakup
Chapter 4: Legacy
4.1 Casualties
4.2 Aftermath
4.3 Economic reforms
Chapter 5: Dissent in Romania under Nicolae Ceau?escu
5.1 Goma's 1977 letters
5.2 Labour disputes
5.3 Free Trade Union of the Working People of Romania, 197
5.4 Strikes during the austerity of the 1980s
5.5 Brasov strike of 198
5.6 Dissent from within the Party
Chapter 6: Bra?ov rebellion
6.1 Rebellion
6.2 1980s austerity policy in Romania
6.3 International loans
6.4 Yearly evolution (in billions of dollars)
Chapter 7: Austerity policy
7.1 Government cuts
7.2 Food shortages
7.3 Energy usage
7.4 1989 revolution