A former chief of Romania's foreign intelligence service reveals the extraordinary corruption of the Nicolae Ceausescu government of Romania, its brutal machinery of oppression, and its Machiavellian relationship with the West. An in side story of how Communist Party leaders really live.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Justice comes in the end.:
What eventually happened to the Ceausescu's should happen to all of those who support communism and the enslavement of the individual to the "Greater Good". This book shows the inner workings of the Ceausescu's and their ilk. The crimes perpetuated by the Communists knows no end. This book exposes the true face of communism/socialism. What sound good in theory is exposed for the true evil it is. Never forget and never again let this happen.
Red Horizons:
To much credit on this monster and his wife, some (creatures) better let them be forgotten
A Lesson:
This book should serve as a lesson to those who say "It can never happen here" My parents travelled to Romania many times in the Ceaucescu times and reported many of the same things described in this book. I read it first in 1997 in Dutch and it was fascinating. My step-mother who is Romanian lived this for most of her life!
An interesting Spy-Story:
I bought this book in order to know a little more about Ceausescu's time. I found in the pages of this book a lot of allusions to corruption of his wife Elena, the most hated woman in the Romanian History (somebody related during his execution she received more bullets than Nick; his son Nicu a modern Caligula and the rest of hight-ranked politicians and functionaries of Communist Administration. We found interesting connections between Ceausescu and international terrorism, Gadafi or Arafat even... more info
