air forces: ix, 7, 211, 213, 214, 215-216, 219, 221, 224 air transport: ix, 45, 46-47, 196, 216 Albania: 27, 39, 42, 158, 166, 167, 172 Alecsandri, Vasile: 105 Alexandrescu, Grigore: 104 Allied Control Commission: 21, 24 Allies. _See_ World War I; World War II Aman, Theodor: 97 Anti-Comintern Pact: 21 anti-Semitism: 17, 19, 56 anti-subversion. _See_ counter-subversion Antonescu, Ion: 21, 175 Apostol, Gheorghe: 130, 131, 134, 136 Arad: 44, 193 archaeology: 94, 95, 99 architecture: 76, 99-100 Arghezi, Tudor: 106 aristocracy: 6, 12, 56, 75 armed forces (_see also_ military): ix, 7, 15, 16, 119, 120, 121, 133, 161, 200, 203, 211-216, 221-227; command, 112, 116, 173, 213; training, 220-221, 223 army (_see also_ ground force): ix, 7 arts and the artists: 7, 91, 92-94, 135, 152, 180; education, 76, 81, 84, 85, 97; union, 135 Asachi, Gheorghe: 104 Asia: 156, 163, 168, 171, 182, 183, 219 Aslan, Ana: 107 atheism: 5 Aurelian, Emperor: 11, 50 Austria (_see also_ Austro-Hungarian Empire): 20, 24, 33, 46, 54 Austro-Hungarian Empire (_see also_ Habsburgs; Hungary): 9, 13, 14, 18, 33, 37 automobiles (_see also_ traffic): 42, 203-204, 288 Avars: 11 Baia-Mare: 44, 52 Balaga, Lucian: 106 Balcescu, Nicolae: 104 Balkans: 22, 29, 163, 167, 170, 171, 185, 211; history, 3, 9, 10 Banat: 10, 11, 32, 254; population, 52, 53, 55 Banks for Agriculture and the Food Industry: 242, 243, 244, 267-268 banks and banking (_see also_ individual banks): 110, 242-246 Bessarabia: 18, 20, 37, 54, 55, 212 Bihor Massif: 30, 31 birth control: 39 birth rate: 39-40, 57 Black Forest: 34 Black Sea: vii, xiv, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38, 46, 47, 48, 216, 217, 218, 224, 276; history, 10 Bokassa, Jean Bebel, president of the Central African Republic: 172 Book Central: 187, 188 Boris, Tsar: 11 boundaries, national (_see also_ individual neighboring countries): vii, xiv, 9, 29, 32, 37-38, 211 Braila: 48 Brancusi, Constantin: 98 Brasov: 38, 44, 53, 102, 182 Brezhnev, Leonid: 165; doctrine, 28, 159, 160, 164, 165 Brincoveanu, Constantin, Prince: 100 Bucharest: viii, xiv, 10, 15, 31, 32, 34, 35, 38, 67, 70, 147, 148, 155, 163, 207, 214, 221, 254, 263; cultural, 67, 91, 96, 97, 98, 104, 107; government, 122, 123, 125; history, 16, 18, 19, 21; information, 177, 181, 182, 186, 188, 189; politics, 139, 141, 142, 147; population, 38, 41, 54; security, 195, 213, 216; transport, 43, 44, 47 Bucharest Declaration: 168, 218 budget: 41, 112, 116, 120, 240-241, 248, 286; local, 126 Bukovina: 10, 18, 20, 33, 37, 71, 72, 212 Bulgaria: 7, 37, 165-166, 167, 172, 182, 218, 219, 276, 278, 279; border, vii, xiv, 10, 29, 32, 48, 216, 217; history, 11, 20, 212 canals: ix, 29, 31, 46 Cantemir, Dimitrie: 104 capital punishment: 205 Carol I, King: 16, 17, 18 Carol II, King: 19, 20, 21, 175