The Emergence of Romania, The European Guaranteeing Powers, And The Challenge of The Sublime Of The Sublime Porte (1856 - 1878)

384 pp, pb, in English. 

PREFACE. FOREWORD. Chapter I. The genesis and establishment of the collective guarantee of the European Powers on the Romanian Principalities. Chapter II. Under the sign of the Fait Accompli — The union of the Principalities and Alexandru Ioan Cuza’s reign — 1866. Establishing constitutional monarchy : the making of Romania. Chapter III. Romania’s road to independence and the increasingly censoring guarantee of the Great Powers — The radicals’ government (March 1867 – November 1868) and the attempted full achievement of the national programme — Envisaging political and diplomatic regulations (November 1868 - June 1870). — The implications of the Franco-German conflict (1870-1871) — Under the sign of “European conservatism” coming back (1871-1875). Instead of conclusions. The Eastern Crisis and the “Final Defection” of the Guaranteeing Powers (1875-1878). BIBLIOGRAPHY. INDEX.