The Moldovans: Romania, Russia, and the Politics of Culture (Hoover Inst Press Publication)
"Thoroughly researched, engagingly written, and completely up to date,  this is a definitive book that will long serve as the best study of  Moldova in any language... Its strategic and precarious location  between the Balkans and the former Soviet Union and its complex ethnic  composition make Moldova a fragile new nation well worth knowing about."—Daniel Chirot, Professor of International Studies   Jackson School of International Studies   University of Washington"An erudite and perceptive book. Required reading for all those who  want to fathom the relationship between national identity,  nation-building, political traditions, and cultural yearnings in one of  eastern Europe's least known and understood countries. King uses  historical, political, economic, and cultural approaches to challenge  old stereotypes and to propose a novel, original perspective on the  peoples of Bessarabia and Transnistria."—Vladimir Tismaneanu, Professor of Government and Politics University of Maryland (College Park)