20th century romanian history
20th century world history
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agricultural secretary
anti semitic
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Author_Robert Levy
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communism
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eastern europe
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female foreign minister
foreign leader
governments and governing
international communism
jewish communist
jewish emigration
jewish leaders
judaism
political life
politics
primary research
romania
romanian communist leader
romanian communist party
sociopolitical
soviet communism
stalinist regime
Product details
- ISBN 9780520223950
- Weight: 816g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 22 Mar 2001
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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In her own day, Ana Pauker was named "The Most Powerful Woman in the World" by Time magazine. Today, when she is remembered at all, she is thought of as the puppet of Soviet communism in Romania, blindly enforcing the most brutal and repressive Stalinist regime. Robert Levy's new biography changes the picture dramatically, revealing a woman of remarkable strength, dominated by conflict and contradiction far more than by dogmatism. Telling the story of Pauker's youth in an increasingly anti-Semitic environment, her commitment to a revolutionary career, and her rise in the Romanian Communist movement, Levy makes no attempt to whitewash Pauker's life and actions, but rather explores every contour of the complicated persona he found expressed in masses of newly accessible archival documents.
Robert Levy completed a Ph.D. in history at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1998.
