Communism versus Democracy, Bulgaria 1944—1997, is an English language translation and reedition of Nassya Kralevska-Owens prize-winning study, Untitled: Destroyers and Builders of Bulgaria.

Table of contents

About the book

Introduction by Professor Mark Kramer

Acknowledgments

Prologue

Part One — The Beginning

1. Between Despair and Hope

2. The Awakening

3. “The King the Dead! Long Live the King”

4. The Bulgarian Dissidents

Part Two — The Communization and Sovietization of Bulgaria

5. Building the Foundation of a Communist State

6. Upheavals after September 9, 1944

7. The Travesty of a Sequence of Trials, a Free Election and a Grand National Assembly

8. Last Bricks in the Construction of a Communist State

9. Persecution of Religious Institutions

10. Terror and High Treason

Part Three — Opposition and Collaboration

11. The New Opposition

12. The Hot December

13. Demagogy in Action

Part Four — Civilian Emotions

14. “The Inebriation of a Nation”

15. The Elections of 1990 — Free or Manipulated?

16. The Truth of Students and Civilians

17. Power Management at the Top

Part Five — Philip Dimitrov and His Time

18. In the Darkness of a Sinister Autumn

19. An Attempt at a Portrait of Philip Dimitrov

20. Agreement Honored “in the Communist Fashion”

21. Differences in Tactics or Something More?

22. Five Revolutionary Months

23. Semi-victory for the Democrats

24. On the Thorny Path to Democracy

25. Bringing Down Philip Dimitrov’s Government: Plots and Maneuvers

26. Lawlessness Outside of Time

Epilogue

Abbreviations

Bibliography

Index of Frequently Used Names

Без заглавие: рушители и строители на България

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