A Reader's Guide to

Bulgaria





NATIONAL
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
TRAINING CENTER
School of Area Studies
Foreign Service Institute
U.S. Department of State

A Reader's Guide to Bulgaria aims to provide U. S. government officials and their families with suggested readings to to enhance their assignment in Sofia. It is hoped that analysts and other members of the foreign affairs community will also find the guide helpful.

Although most of the guide consists of an annotated bibliography, the "Sidebar" sections highlight important subjects, events, and political figures. The information in these sections comes from the books listed, and is intended to spark the reader's interest in subjects that otherwise might be passed up. Many of the books cited in this guide may be found in the library of the Foreign Service Institute or in the George Washington University's Gelman Library.

This guide was prepared by John D. Bell, Chair of the Bulgarian Area Studies Course, with the assistance of Kirsten Crosby, an intern at FSI from the University of North Carolina. It is based on an earlier version prepared by Lawrence Orton. Illustrations were supplied by the author, Plamen Bliznakov, and Austin Kelly

The absence, inclusion, or characterization of a publication or institution does not reflect the views of the Foreign Service Institute of the Government of the United States. The Department of State does not endorse unofficial publications.

Second Edition							November 1994

The National Palace of Culture, Sofia.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Sidebars

The author of this Guide, Prof. John Bell would welcome any suggestions or corrections. Hopefully, they will help to improve the value of the material. Please, send any comments to him.
More local information related to Bulgaria available here.
Text and images provided by the author Prof. John Bell was put into HTML format by Plamen Bliznakov on April 17, 1995.