Psychological, political, and economic factors resulting in Romania’s tragic alliances during The Second World War

Authors

Matthew J. Thorne, Brigham Young University
Dr. Valerie Hudson, Brigham Young University

Keywords

World War Two, Romania, political ideologies, psychological profiles

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Political Science

Abstract

If the purpose of science is to better understand our world, eliminate suffering, and generally make it a more inhabitable place, then lessons on how to avoid war, entangling alliances, and unwanted political ideologies may make Political Science the most important of all the sub sciences. Political Science is difficult because it presents limited possibilities for empirical testing and proofs; political scientists are left to do case studies instead of regressions, and psychological profiles instead of experiments. The importance of such work though can be easily seen when looking at the tragic tears of war, conquest, and subjugation in histories great tapestry. A tapestry so large that important strands remain unstudied, or undiscovered. One of these is Romania, its alliances and its leaders during World War Two.

Recommended Citation

Thorne, Matthew J. and Hudson, Dr. Valerie (2014) "Psychological, political, and economic factors resulting in Romania’s tragic alliances during The Second World War," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014: Iss. 1, Article 293.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/293