On Veterans and Post-1918 State Responsibilities. REVIEW: Maria Bucur, Nation’s Gratitude: World War I and Citizenship Rights in Interwar Romania
Abstract: Through this article, the author offers a review of Maria Bucur’s book Nation’s Gratitude. World War I and Citizenship Rights in Interwar Romania (London, New York: Routledge, 2022), seeking to contextualize the post-1918 Romanian experience with the social categories of war veterans, widows and orphans, especially in the period up to 1938, inviting the reader to a comparative approach of similar experiences in Central and Eastern Europe, by invoking studies and monographs on other national cases that were published on similar subjects in the pandemic period of 2020-2022.
Key words: First World War, veterans, social assistance, disability, citizenship.
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