For My Legionaries
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censorship in Bucharest.[2]
The book is a first-person narrative describing Codreanu's leadership role in a series of political movements, "The Guard of the National Conscience", "League of National Christian Defence", "the Legion of the Archangel Michael", and finally, the Iron Guard. His goal within these movements was to defend the newly established Greater Romania against a set of demonised enemies, particularly, the Soviet Union.[3] The narratives are interspersed with quotations from Romanian intellectuals, as well as clippings from contemporary newspapers.[3]
Codreanu makes clear in his book that his ideology is not compatible with the
Notes
- ISBN 0-8014-8688-2, p. 256
- ^ Ilarion Țiu, The legionary movement after Corneliu Codreanu: from the dictatorship of King Carol II to the communist regime (February 1938-August 1944), East European Monographs, 2010, p.43
- ^ a b Jackson, p.149
- ^ Jackson, p.165
References
- Jackson, Paul (2006). "A Case Study In Fascist Ideological Production: Corneliu Codreanu's For My Legionaries". Anuarul Institutului de Istorie "G. Bariţ" din Cluj-Napoca. XLV: 139–168.
External links
- Pentru legionari at Romanian Wikisource