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Title: Area Handbook for Bulgaria

Author: Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K.
Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole

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AREA HANDBOOK FOR BULGARIA

_Coauthors_

Eugene K. Keefe

Violeta D. Baluyut
William Giloane
Anne K. Long
James M. Moore, Jr.
Neda A. Walpole

Research completed August 1973

First Edition
Published 1974

DA Pam 550-168

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Keefe, Eugene K.
Area handbook for Bulgaria.

"DA Pam 550-168."
"One of a series of handbooks prepared by Foreign Area Studies (FAS)
of the American University."

Bibliography: p. 301-316
Supt. of Docs. no.: D 101.22:550-168
1. Bulgaria. I. American University, Washington, D.C. Foreign Area
Studies. II. Title.

DR90.K4 914.977 03'3 74-600028

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FOREWORD

This volume is one of a series of handbooks prepared by Foreign Area
Studies (FAS) of The American University, designed to be useful to
military and other personnel who need a convenient compilation of basic
facts about the social, economic, political, and military institutions
and practices of various countries. The emphasis i