Matei Gheboianu is associate professor in the History department at the University of Bucharest.Daniela Popescu is teaching assistant in the History department at the University of Bucharest.

• Foreword, Lavinia StanIntroductionPart I: The Fall of CommunismChapter 1: ‘An Observation Post’: The Embassy in Bucharest and British Foreign Policy towards Romania During the Last Years of The Ceausescu Regime, Peter Siani-DaviesChapter 2: Between Political Participation and Opposition: Everyday Resistance in Communist Romania, Manuela MarinChapter 3: 1989 – Annus Mirabilis for The Moldavian SSR, Sergiu Mustea?aChapter 4: Searching for Tourists: Tourist Activity in Romania at The End of 1989 under The Securitate’s Surveillance, Virgiliu ?ârauChapter 5: The Role of the Mass Media in the Romanian Revolution, Matei GheboianuPart II: The Challenging Road from Communism to DemocracyChapter 6: Romania’s Elections of May 1990, Ion Bucur and Daniela PopescuChapter 7: The Difficult Transition from Totalitarianism to Democracy in Romania after December 1989: Political Myths, Manipulation and Violence, Hadrian GorunChapter 8: Romania and NATO in the Early 1990’s: The Difficult Search for Romania’s Post-Cold War Status, Mihail DobreChapter 9: The Nation under Siege – A Hungarian–Romanian Perspective, Csaba ZahoránChapter 10: Thirty Years After: Major Sports Events in Europe. Case Study: Romania, Anita-Diana StereaChapter 11: All in The Architecture? The Unfolding Metamorphosis of Central-Inner Warsaw (1989-2019), Peter MartynPart III: Reflections Three Decades LaterChapter 12: Transformation, Post-communism, and the Deficiencies of Liberal Democracy in Poland: A Case Study, Krzysztof BrzechczynChapter 13: Romania's Protest Culture Thirty Years After the Regime Change: Hegemonic Discourses and Western Ideals, Ruxandra Gubernat and Henry P. RammeltChapter 14: Thirty Years Later: An Essay on Open Wounds and Lessons for The Future from Communism and Thirty Years of Transition, Ana AdiChapter 15: The Fall, Rise and Decline of Democracy in Europe and the World, Daniel Chirot About the Editors and Contributors

Matei Gheboianu is associate professor in the History department at the University of Bucharest.Daniela Popescu is teaching assistant in the History department at the University of Bucharest.

• Foreword, Lavinia StanIntroductionPart I: The Fall of CommunismChapter 1: ‘An Observation Post’: The Embassy in Bucharest and British Foreign Policy towards Romania During the Last Years of The Ceausescu Regime, Peter Siani-DaviesChapter 2: Between Political Participation and Opposition: Everyday Resistance in Communist Romania, Manuela MarinChapter 3: 1989 – Annus Mirabilis for The Moldavian SSR, Sergiu Mustea?aChapter 4: Searching for Tourists: Tourist Activity in Romania at The End of 1989 under The Securitate’s Surveillance, Virgiliu ?ârauChapter 5: The Role of the Mass Media in the Romanian Revolution, Matei GheboianuPart II: The Challenging Road from Communism to DemocracyChapter 6: Romania’s Elections of May 1990, Ion Bucur and Daniela PopescuChapter 7: The Difficult Transition from Totalitarianism to Democracy in Romania after December 1989: Political Myths, Manipulation and Violence, Hadrian GorunChapter 8: Romania and NATO in the Early 1990’s: The Difficult Search for Romania’s Post-Cold War Status, Mihail DobreChapter 9: The Nation under Siege – A Hungarian–Romanian Perspective, Csaba ZahoránChapter 10: Thirty Years After: Major Sports Events in Europe. Case Study: Romania, Anita-Diana StereaChapter 11: All in The Architecture? The Unfolding Metamorphosis of Central-Inner Warsaw (1989-2019), Peter MartynPart III: Reflections Three Decades LaterChapter 12: Transformation, Post-communism, and the Deficiencies of Liberal Democracy in Poland: A Case Study, Krzysztof BrzechczynChapter 13: Romania's Protest Culture Thirty Years After the Regime Change: Hegemonic Discourses and Western Ideals, Ruxandra Gubernat and Henry P. RammeltChapter 14: Thirty Years Later: An Essay on Open Wounds and Lessons for The Future from Communism and Thirty Years of Transition, Ana AdiChapter 15: The Fall, Rise and Decline of Democracy in Europe and the World, Daniel Chirot About the Editors and Contributors

Matei Gheboianu is associate professor in the History department at the University of Bucharest.Daniela Popescu is teaching assistant in the History department at the University of Bucharest.

• Foreword, Lavinia StanIntroductionPart I: The Fall of CommunismChapter 1: ‘An Observation Post’: The Embassy in Bucharest and British Foreign Policy towards Romania During the Last Years of The Ceausescu Regime, Peter Siani-DaviesChapter 2: Between Political Participation and Opposition: Everyday Resistance in Communist Romania, Manuela MarinChapter 3: 1989 – Annus Mirabilis for The Moldavian SSR, Sergiu Mustea?aChapter 4: Searching for Tourists: Tourist Activity in Romania at The End of 1989 under The Securitate’s Surveillance, Virgiliu ?ârauChapter 5: The Role of the Mass Media in the Romanian Revolution, Matei GheboianuPart II: The Challenging Road from Communism to DemocracyChapter 6: Romania’s Elections of May 1990, Ion Bucur and Daniela PopescuChapter 7: The Difficult Transition from Totalitarianism to Democracy in Romania after December 1989: Political Myths, Manipulation and Violence, Hadrian GorunChapter 8: Romania and NATO in the Early 1990’s: The Difficult Search for Romania’s Post-Cold War Status, Mihail DobreChapter 9: The Nation under Siege – A Hungarian–Romanian Perspective, Csaba ZahoránChapter 10: Thirty Years After: Major Sports Events in Europe. Case Study: Romania, Anita-Diana StereaChapter 11: All in The Architecture? The Unfolding Metamorphosis of Central-Inner Warsaw (1989-2019), Peter MartynPart III: Reflections Three Decades LaterChapter 12: Transformation, Post-communism, and the Deficiencies of Liberal Democracy in Poland: A Case Study, Krzysztof BrzechczynChapter 13: Romania's Protest Culture Thirty Years After the Regime Change: Hegemonic Discourses and Western Ideals, Ruxandra Gubernat and Henry P. RammeltChapter 14: Thirty Years Later: An Essay on Open Wounds and Lessons for The Future from Communism and Thirty Years of Transition, Ana AdiChapter 15: The Fall, Rise and Decline of Democracy in Europe and the World, Daniel Chirot About the Editors and Contributors