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Author Ghodsee, Kristen Rogheh, 1970- author.

Title The left side of history : World War II and the unfulfilled promise of communism in Eastern Europe / Kristen Ghodsee
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2015
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 231 pages) : illustrations
Contents The mysterious major Frank Thompson -- A a communist by any other name ... -- "I simply want to fight" -- The brothers Lagadinov -- A failed petition -- Lawrence of Bulgaria? -- Ambushed in Batuliya -- Guerillas in the mist -- Everyday life as a partisan -- Blood of a poet -- The head hunted -- Words of one brother on the death of another -- The retired partisan -- A woman's work is never done -- History is written by the victors -- On censorship and the secret police -- The politics of truth -- Cassandra's curse -- The red samaritan -- The past is a foreign country -- A moment of redemption
Summary Kristen Ghodsee tells the stories of fighters and activists who worked for Communist ideals in Bulgaria and shows how the dreams of the Communist past hold enduring appeal for those currently disappointed by the promises of democracy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-224) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Communism -- Bulgaria -- History
Anti-fascist movements -- Bulgaria -- History
Post-communism -- Bulgaria
HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Eastern.
Anti-fascist movements
Communism
Post-communism
Kommunism -- historia.
Antifascism -- historia.
Postkommunism.
Bulgaria
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780822375821
0822375826