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Rebecca Haynes is Senior Lecturer in Romanian History at the School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies (SSEES), University College London. She is the author of Romanian Policy Towards Germany, 1936-40 and co-editor of In the Shadow of Hitler: Personalities of the Right in Central and Eastern Europe (I.B.Tauris).
Moldova: A History is a thorough work that draws upon an often overlooked topic in modern scholarly thought and raises different issues that are crucial for understanding the Republic of Moldova’s behaviour on the international stage. The accessible writing, with explanations of basic terms and names, means that it will appeal to those who do not have any prior knowledge of the history of contemporary Moldova, and it is a useful addition to the available English-language literature on this contested borderland. * LSE Review of Books * Rebecca Haynes’ study of Moldova is essential reading for all students of nationalism and national identity. Her book provides an authoritative analysis of the nation’s history and of the country’s political experience since independence in 1991. She argues that a conflicted identity of the Moldovan nation has developed as a result of the policies pursed in Moscow, Bucharest and the country’s capital Chisinau and that the historical link of the territory of the republic with neigbouring Romania, Ukraine and Russia mean that the history of Moldova is also, in part, also a history of these three countries. * Dennis Deletant, Visiting Ion Ratiu Professor of Romanian Studies, Georgetown University, USA *
