The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu

Nicolae Ceausescu was a Communist dictator who ruled Romania with a firm hand from early 1965 (when he rose to power following the death of Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej) to late 1989 (when he and his wife were executed following an armed revolt prompted by the shooting of demonstrators by government security forces). Ceausescu had a remarkable talent for self-promotion and manipulating the media; his willingness to sometimes run counter to Soviet policies (he famously defied Russian authority and aban…