INTRODUCTORY WORDS
CHAPTER 1: STAMBOLOV, THE RUSSOPHILES AND THE RUSSOPHOBES IN BULGARIA
INITIAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE STAMBOLOV EPOCH
THE MARXIST HISTORIANS ON STAMBOLOV'S REGIME
TOWARDS STAMBOLOV'S REHABILITATION
AFTER THE FALL OF THE COMMUNIST REGIME
CHAPTER 2: THE RULE OF THE BULGARIAN AGRARIAN NATIONAL UNION AND THE «WORKER-PEASANT ALLIANCE»
THE ROAD TO POWER
THE AGRARIAN RULE: IDEOLOGY AND REFORMS
INTERPRETATION AND ASSESSMENTS
ALEXANDUR STAMBOLIISKI
THE AGRARIAN UNION AND THE «UNITY OF ACTION» WITH THE BULGARIAN COMMUNIST PARTY
CHAPTER 3: THE DEBATE ON FASCISM AND THE ANTIFASCIST STRUGGLES
THE LONG FASCISM AND THE BREACHES INTO IT
“MONARCHO-FASCISM”
BULGARIA AND HITLER’S GERMANY
THE STRUGGLE ANGAINST FASCISM AND THE ANTIFASCISM
AFTER COMMUNISM
CHAPTER 4: SEPTEMBER NINTH, “POPULAR DEMOCRACY” AND SOCIALISM
SEPTEMBER NINTH
“POPULAR DEMOCRACY” (1944-1948)
SOCIALISM IN PROGRESS
AFTER SOCIALISM ABOUT IT: SEPTEMBER NINTH REVISITED
THE POPULAR-DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION
GEORGI DIMITROV
THE MACEDONIAN QUESTION
THE REPRESSIONS
THE BULGARIAN TOTALITARIANISM
THE “ERA ZHIVKOV” AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SYSTEM
THE SOCIALIST MODERNIZATION
ASPECTS OF THE SYSTEM
CONCLUSION: ON OBJECTIVITY AND TRUTH IN THE BULGARIAN HISTORICAL SCHOLARSHIP