Romanian Crucible: The Trial of Corneliu Zelea Codreanu

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The trial of Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, leader of the Legionary Movement, marked a critical moment in Romania between the two World Wars: it destroyed the last vestiges of democracy and laid the groundwork for the royal dictatorship of Carol II. Romanian Crucible presents the transcript of that trial in English translation for the first time, edited and accompanied by an introductory study by two leading specialists in Romanian history, Gheorghe Buzatu and Kurt W. Treptow. A series of appendices - including contemporary journal entries and related documents - rounds out a volume of lasting value to historians of interwar Europe and of the modern Romanian state. An essential primary source, now made accessible to English-language readers.