The Prague Spring was one of the most decisive moments in twentieth-century European history. The efforts by Czechoslovak leaders in 1968 to create socialism u201cwith a human faceu201d had great repercussions not only in that country but throughout the Soviet bloc. In the Shadow of the Prague Spring, Romanian leaders also pursued a maverick position within the Communist bloc, placing the country in imminent danger of foreign invasion. This book presents a systematic analysis of the Romanian foreign policy in 1968. The book discusses in great detail the attitudes of the Romanian and Soviet governments during the political and diplomatic crisis in 1968 and analyzes the position assumed by Romania in August 1968. Mihai Retegan is a well-known specialist on twentieth-century Romanian history. He is a professor of history at the University of Bucharest.