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Author: Alfred H. Moses
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Brookings Institution
Dimensions:
Width: 16.30cm
, Height: 3.70cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.816kg
ISBN: 9780815732723
ISBN 10: 0815732724
Pages: 363
Publication Date: 17 July 2018
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
The fall of communism in Eastern Europe presented U.S. policymakers with a historic opportunity to help the countries in the region build free market economies and democratic political institutions. As our ambassador to Romania during this critical period, Al Moses dedicated his great energy and powers of persuasion to encourage Romania's political leaders to take the bold steps needed to rejoin the West. I was present when Romanian President Ion Iliescu met with President Clinton in the Oval Office in September 1995, and again when President Clinton visited Bucharest in July 1997. I witnessed Romania's march on the road to freedom and Ambassador Moses's contribution to Romania's success. His book tells this story in gripping and inspiring language. It is a must-read for those interested in U.S. foreign policy at its best.--Strobe Talbott, U.S. deputy secretary of state (1994-2001) Ambassador Moses is one of those who led the effort to bring to Israel Jews who would otherwise have remained in Romania, virtual prisoners under communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Moses's book tells the story of the exodus of Romanian Jews to Israel and the means he employed to gain their freedom. He describes in vivid detail Jewish life in Romania before and after Ceausescu fell and his unique role as American ambassador in Romania after decades of communist oppression that led to Romania's journey to freedom.--Natan Sharansky, chair, Jewish Agency for Israel; deputy prime minister of Israel (2001-03) During his three years as the American ambassador to Romania, Al Moses undertook the arduous task of putting American-Romanian relations on firm footing. Ambassador Moses's book begins with his efforts on behalf of Romania's Jews in the 1970s and continues with vivid accounts of Romanian life, as well as the largely untold story of the art of diplomacy, from a personal perspective at a crucial time following the downfall of communism in Europe. His great devotion and effort helped improve the lot of millions of people and earned him the Order of the 'Star of Romania.'--Teodor Melescanu, minister of foreign affairs, Romania
An important firsthand account of how the so-called third wave of democratization played out on the ground. --Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs Alfred Moses has written an invaluable tome that describes the realities of what an ambassador's life is like day-to-day, and provides unique insight into Romania and more generally the transformation of life in post Iron-Curtain Europe. Through his eyes, the reader sees Romania grow from a little-examined post-communist country to one that, at the end of Moses' tenure, received the president of the United States on an official state visit--its transition, as a justifiably proud Moses puts it, from 'darkness to light.' --Norman Eisen, The Jerusalem Post Moses' book reflects its author, who had served as President Jimmy Carter's Jewish liaison. It's a case study, an insider's look, at how one formerly communist country became free. --Steve Lipman, The New York Jewish Week Bucharest Diary: Romania's Journey from Darkness to Light is an essential read for anyone interested in the region's general and Jewish history. It's by a modern-day Moses--a man who was more responsible for letting his people go to Israel than any other figure. --Ben Zehavi, The Times of Israel The fall of communism in Eastern Europe presented U.S. policymakers with a historic opportunity to help the countries in the region build free market economies and democratic political institutions. As our ambassador to Romania during this critical period, Al Moses dedicated his great energy and powers of persuasion to encourage Romania's political leaders to take the bold steps needed to rejoin the West. I was present when Romanian President Ion Iliescu met with President Clinton in the Oval Office in September 1995, and again when President Clinton visited Bucharest in July 1997. I witnessed Romania's march on the road to freedom and Ambassador Moses's contribution to Romania's success. His book tells this story in gripping and inspiring language. It is a must-read for those interested in U.S. foreign policy at its best.--Strobe Talbott, U.S. deputy secretary of state (1994-2001) Ambassador Moses is one of those who led the effort to bring to Israel Jews who would otherwise have remained in Romania, virtual prisoners under communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Moses's book tells the story of the exodus of Romanian Jews to Israel and the means he employed to gain their freedom. He describes in vivid detail Jewish life in Romania before and after Ceausescu fell and his unique role as American ambassador in Romania after decades of communist oppression that led to Romania's journey to freedom.--Natan Sharansky, chair, Jewish Agency for Israel; deputy prime minister of Israel (2001-03) During his three years as the American ambassador to Romania, Al Moses undertook the arduous task of putting American-Romanian relations on firm footing. Ambassador Moses's book begins with his efforts on behalf of Romania's Jews in the 1970s and continues with vivid accounts of Romanian life, as well as the largely untold story of the art of diplomacy, from a personal perspective at a crucial time following the downfall of communism in Europe. His great devotion and effort helped improve the lot of millions of people and earned him the Order of the 'Star of Romania.'--Teodor Melescanu, minister of foreign affairs, Romania
Moses' book reflects its author, who had served as President Jimmy Carter's Jewish liaison. It's a case study, an insider's look, at how one formerly communist country became free. --Steve Lipman, The New York Jewish Week Bucharest Diary: Romania's Journey from Darkness to Light is an essential read for anyone interested in the region's general and Jewish history. It's by a modern-day Moses--a man who was more responsible for letting his people go to Israel than any other figure. --Ben Zehavi, The Times of Israel Ambassador Moses is one of those who led the effort to bring to Israel Jews who would otherwise have remained in Romania, virtual prisoners under communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Moses's book tells the story of the exodus of Romanian Jews to Israel and the means he employed to gain their freedom. He describes in vivid detail Jewish life in Romania before and after Ceausescu fell and his unique role as American ambassador in Romania after decades of communist oppression that led to Romania's journey to freedom.--Natan Sharansky, chair, Jewish Agency for Israel; deputy prime minister of Israel (2001-03) During his three years as the American ambassador to Romania, Al Moses undertook the arduous task of putting American-Romanian relations on firm footing. Ambassador Moses's book begins with his efforts on behalf of Romania's Jews in the 1970s and continues with vivid accounts of Romanian life, as well as the largely untold story of the art of diplomacy, from a personal perspective at a crucial time following the downfall of communism in Europe. His great devotion and effort helped improve the lot of millions of people and earned him the Order of the 'Star of Romania.'--Teodor Melescanu, minister of foreign affairs, Romania The fall of communism in Eastern Europe presented U.S. policymakers with a historic opportunity to help the countries in the region build free market economies and democratic political institutions. As our ambassador to Romania during this critical period, Al Moses dedicated his great energy and powers of persuasion to encourage Romania's political leaders to take the bold steps needed to rejoin the West. I was present when Romanian President Ion Iliescu met with President Clinton in the Oval Office in September 1995, and again when President Clinton visited Bucharest in July 1997. I witnessed Romania's march on the road to freedom and Ambassador Moses's contribution to Romania's success. His book tells this story in gripping and inspiring language. It is a must-read for those interested in U.S. foreign policy at its best.--Strobe Talbott, U.S. deputy secretary of state (1994-2001)
Author Information
Alfred H. Moses is a Washington attorney, author, and former partner in a major Washington law firm. He was special counsel to President Carter (1980-81), U.S. ambassador to Romania (1994-97), and special presidential envoy for the Cyprus conflict (1999-2001). He was national president of the American Jewish Committee immediately before becoming ambassador. Presently chairman of UN Watch (Geneva), he has written several books and numerous articles appearing in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and other periodicals in the United States, Europe, and Israel. In 2002 he was awarded Romania's Marc Cruce Medal (Order For Merit) by President Ion Iliescu of Romania, the only American to have been so honored.
