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100 1  Leonard, Robert Glenn, |d1962-
245 10 Trapped in the past : |borganizational memory and cultural bias in foreign policy formulation by the western democracies towards Bulgaria, 1935-1938 / |cby Robert Glenn Leonard.
264  1 [Place of publication not identified] : |b[publisher not identified], |c2003.
300    v, 107 pages
336    text |btxt |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |bn |2rdamedia
338    volume |bnc |2rdacarrier
502    Thesis (M.A.)--University of New Brunswick, 2003.
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-104).
520     This study provides an analysis of foreign policy formulation by the western democracies towards Bulgaria from 1935-1938. It contends that Bulgaria's decision to join the Axis powers in 1941 was the result of German economic and political domination, developed over the 1930s. This penetration met little challenge from Britain and the other western democracies and eventually left Bulgaria with no diplomatic options but to enter the war on the Nazi side. One reason for this lack of action on the part of the West was the memory of Bulgaria as an ex-enemy state and a deeply held cultural bias which both became engrained in the Foreign Office structures, informing and influencing decisions on the major issues of the period. Utilizing analytical tools from contemporary organization theory, the study examines the operation of organizational memory and cultural bias in this decision making process to shed new light on foreign policy in Southeastern Europe in the latter half of the 1930s.
530    Electronic version(s)  |bavailable internally at USHMM.
533    Photocopy. |bAnn Arbor, Mich. : |cUMI Dissertation Services, |d2006. |e22 cm.
590     Dissertations and Theses
591    Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024
650  0 World War, 1939-1945 |xDiplomatic history.
650  0 World War, 1939-1945 |zBulgaria.
651  0 Bulgaria |xForeign relations |y1878-1944.
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956 41  |u http://dc.ushmm.org/library/bib117511/MQ98914.pdf  |z Hosted by USHMM.
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