Vol. IX, No. 1-2, June – December 2018 ARTICLESIulian PRUTEANU-ISĂCESCU, Vasile Pogor the father (1792-1857) “the honest dignitary and talented writer”, p. 5 (read the summary)Mihai Anatolii CIOBANU, In the shadow of silence. The Gonata boyars in Bessarabia, p. 13 (read the summary)Claudiu-Lucian TOPOR, The Romanian-German belligerence from the perspective of an unpredictable outcome: the matter of the Focșani armistice (26 November / 9 December 1917), p. 37 (read the summary)Gheorghe NEGUSTOR, Images of desolation: the Russian Revolution and the Romanian front, p. 51 (read the summary)BOOK REVIEWS (read the articles)Iancu Bălăceanu, Memoriile unui paşoptist-model. Amintiri politice şi diplomatice 1848-1903 (Cosmin MIHUŢ), p. 63Nicolae S. Şucu, Viața și aventurile unui cioban român în Bulgaria în vremuri de război 1908-1918 (Gheorghe NEGUSTOR), p. 67ABBREVIATIONS, p. 69INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE AUTHORS, p. 71