Title: Stalin's cold war : Soviet foreign policy, democracy and communism in Bulgaria, 1941-1948 /
Authors: Dimitrov, Vesselin, 1974-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Dimitrov, Georgi,; Political parties Bulgaria History; Communism Bulgaria; Cold War.; Soviet Union Foreign relations; Soviet Union Foreign relations; Bulgaria Politics and government; Western countries Foreign relations Soviet Union.; Soviet Union Foreign relations Western countries.
Abstract: "Stalin's Cold War offers a major new interpretation of the Soviet leader's role in the gestation of the Cold War. Based on important new evidence from Soviet, Bulgarian and British archives, the book reveals Stalin's genuine, if inconsistent, efforts to preserve his World War II alliance with the United States and Britain and to encourage a degree of cooperation between communists and democratic parties in Eastern Europe. The book demonstrates Stalin's gradual but inexorable shift to ideological and geopolitical confrontation, driven by the dynamics of international and domestic conflicts and his own brutal urge for control."--Jacket.
Contents: Prelude : Stalin, Dimitrov and the Nazi threat (1933-1941) -- Great power diplomacy, resistance and popular front in Bulgaria (June 1941-September 1944) -- Wartime coalition : unity and conflict (September 1944-April 1945) -- The break-up of the wartime coalition (May-August 1945) -- The search for common ground (September 1945-March 1946) -- The hardening of battle lines (April-October 1946) -- The final confrontation (October 1946-September 1947) -- The false dawn of national communism (September 1947-December 1948).