"[Book title] is of interest to those concerned with East European and Bulgarian history. But it also has a broader appeal, for instance to students of the Soviet conquest of Eastern Europe and the beginnings of the political component of the Cold War, and to those concerned with such general questions as loyalty to political principle as opposed to loyalty to political party, especially during a time of economic stress such as the early 1930's. Finally, it recounts the dramatic story of an opposition leader in a country which dealt very brutally with such people, and of an extraordinary man willing to risk his substance and even his life for the political ideals in which he believed."--Book jacket.