Romania confronts its communist past: democracy, memory, and moral justice

Of all the Eastern Bloc revolutions of 1989, the only violent one took place in Romania.

Confronting its communist past therefore involves addressing the abuses committed by the communist regime up to its very last day, its failure to engage in round table agreements with democratic representatives and the repression during the first post-communist years, a direct legacy of the old regime.

This book shows how moral justice can contribute to a restoration of truth and a climate of trust in politics, in the absence of which any democratic polity remains exposed to authoritarian attack.