Cold War in the Balkans: American Foreign Policy and the Emergence of Communist Bulgaria 1943-1947 - Paperback

by Michael M. Boll (Author)

As World War II drew to a close, the United States and the Soviet Union began to maneuver for position in postwar Europe, in the first exploratory moves of what would soon become a worldwide contest for power and prestige. In Bulgaria, Michael Boll finds a unique vantage point for study of the processes of international politics during these years of the emergence of the Cold War. Bulgaria, he writes, was to assume a significance for both the United States and the Soviet Union greater than that

Author Biography

Michael M. Boll, a former foreign service officer and member of the Pentagon's policy planning staff, is professor of history at San Jose State University.