MOTIVAŢII ALE TRĂDĂRII. CAZURI ISTORICE PRIN PERSPECTIVA MODELELOR DE ANALIZĂ CONTEMPORANE
REASONS FOR DEFECTION. HISTORICAL CASES ANALYZED THROUGH CONTEMPORARY MODELS

Summary/Abstract: The article aims at harnessing the analytical power of theoretical modelsemployed in studying defection in favor of the enemy and use them to study Romanianhistorical sources originating during the First World War. These models have beendeveloped in the United States during the 1950s and 60s and are used by this article tostudy a very different case. The article’s main research question is „Can modelsexplaining reasons for defection developed in the US during the Cold War be applied onbehaviors detected in Romania at the beginning of the XX century?” The article answersthis question in the affirmative, showing how reasons for defection are, many times,similar despite large differences in time and space

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