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,Prelude: Stalin, Dimitrov and the Nazi Threat (1933–41),t attempts to influence the domestic politics of European states were not altogether novel — the Communist International (Comintern) had been trying to do little else since its establishment in 1919 — what was new in 1934–39 was that Soviet efforts were directed at using national democratic systems

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,Great Power Diplomacy, Resistance and Popular Front in Bulgaria (June 1941–September 1944),imself much more openly and consistently both to cooperation with the Western powers and to the development of democratic coalitions in the countries of Europe than he had done in 1933–39, when his pronouncements had been marked by a considerably greater degree of ambiguity and scepticism.

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,Wartime Coalition: Unity and Conflict (September 1944–April 1945),olling positions in the state apparatus, but also to compel them to respect the autonomy of some institutions. Politically, they were expected to become a leading party, but also to share power within the framework of a representative, if closed, coalition. The Bulgarian communists’ ambitions were c

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,The Hardening of Battle Lines (April–October 1946),n of a peace treaty would remove the legal basis for the Red Army’s presence in Bulgaria and thus deprive the Soviet Union of its most effective means of influencing Bulgaria’s development. This prompted Stalin to allow and indeed encourage the Bulgarian communists to consolidate their hold on the s

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Conclusion: Reinterpreting the Origins of the Cold War,sented in this work can cast a new light on existing interpretations of the origins of the Cold War, in particular with regard to the evolution of Stalin’s strategy in the transition from cooperation with the United States and Britain during the Second World War to ideological and geopolitical confr

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