Bulgaria in British Foreign Policy, 19431949

By (author) Marietta Stankova

Publication date:

01 July 2014

Publisher

Anthem Press

Dimensions:

229x153mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781783082322

The succession of great power influences in the Balkans played a key role in shaping Bulgaria’s international place and its domestic policy. Bulgaria in British Foreign Policy explores Britain’s involvement in Bulgaria between 1943 and 1949 and revisits the important issue of British attitudes towards Eastern Europe. Using recently released sources from the Bulgarian and Soviet Communist parties and foreign ministries, Stankova offers new insight into the nuanced origins of the Cold War in Bulgaria, and bridges significant gaps in the treatment of the country in English-language literature.

Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: Allied Cooperation during the World War: ‘What Will Be the Place of Bulgaria at the Judgement Seat?’; 1. Bulgaria in British Postwar Planning; 2. Getting Bulgaria Out of the War; Part II: Rising Tensions and Lowering Expectations during the Armistice: ‘Britain Has to Be a Little More than a Spectator’; 3. The Principles of British Postwar Policy towards Bulgaria; 4. Observing the Establishment of Communist Rule in Bulgaria; 5. Recognizing the Bulgarian Communist Regime; Part III: Consolidation of the Cold War Frontline: ‘We Are Supporting Certain Principles’; 6. British Acceptance of Communist Rule in Bulgaria; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

‘Drawing on an impressive array of primary sources, this book offers a perceptive, nuanced and judicious analysis of the evolution of British policy towards Bulgaria in the context of the breakdown of the grand alliance of World War II and the onset of the Cold War.’ —Vesselin Dimitrov, London School of Economics and Political Science