The left side of history: World War II and the unfulfilled promise of communism in Eastern Europe

Abstract

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