D. Caracostea, The Psychological Aspect of War, introductive study, notes and bibliography by Eugenia Bârlea, Editura Universită?ii Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Ia?i, 2015, 281 p

What started as a course held at the Staff College between 1919- 1921, the paperwork signed by D. Caracostea is an innovative transformation example of the post-war trauma into an ample explanation of the role, the nature and relevance of the pschological aspect in the breakdown and rebirth of the 1916-1917 years. By entering the First World War alongside the Triple Entente and against the Central Powers, Romania’s population manifested an intense enthusiasm doubled by some small victories, but which were sadly followed by a series of disastrous defeats. The ampleness and immediate war consequences have forced the Romanian Government, The Royal House, The Army and most of the administrative structures to retreat to Moldova, the place in which high hopes were invested for a moral and psychological recovery of the soldiers.