Romania at the Paris Peace Conference A Study of the Diplomacy of Ioan I.C. Bratianu

Romania at the Paris Peace Conference studies the diplomacy of Ioan I.C. Bratianu during World War I and in its aftermath that led to the formation of Greater Romania. The book describes the successful struggle waged by the Romanian government for recognition of the provisions of the secret treaty of 1916 and, in addition, for approval of the de facto annexation of Bessarabia, carried out in 1918 with the encouragement of the Central Powers. A substantial share of the credit for this achievement, Spector asserts, must be given to Ioan I.C. Bratianu, a skillful negotiator who answered all attempts to delineate more equitable frontiers with a rigid restatement of Romania’s full claims.

A native of Andover, Maryland, Sherman David Spector was a professor of history at Russell Sage College in New York. A noted American specialist on the history of the Romanians, apart from Romania at the Paris Peace Conference, first published in 1962, Professor Spector is the author of A History of the Balkan Peoples (with Rene Ristelhueber), published in 1972. In 1964 and 1970, he was Fulbright-Hays professor at the University of Bucharest.

Foreword to the New Edition Preface Note on Proper Names and Spelling Chapter I. The Intervention of Romania and After Notes to Chapter I Chapter II. Presentation of Romanian Claims Notes to Chapter II Chapter III. The Delimitation of Romania‘s Frontiers Notes to Chapter III Chapter IV. Bratianu‘s Opposition to the Frontiers Notes to Chapter IV Chapter V. Bratianu‘s Defiance: July-October Notes to Chapter V Chapter VI. The Compromise with Romania Notes to Chapter VI Conclusion Bibliography Index of Names