Date of Award
Fall 12-17-2013
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Communication
First Advisor
Leonard Teel
Second Advisor
Jack Boozer
Third Advisor
Beryl Diamond
Abstract
The thesis examines the role of an American journalist of Irish descent, Januarius MacGahan, who became known as the “Liberator of Bulgaria.” Evidence presented in the thesis substantially restores MacGahan’s role in the liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire. That accolade was deleted from Bulgarian history by Marxist revisionist historians during the Communist regimes in the 20th Century.
This paper affirms that it was MacGahan’s resolve and passionate outcry against injustice and cruelty he witnessed, that changed the course of European diplomacy and ultimately led to a war that liberated Bulgaria.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/4900172
Recommended Citation
Sandmeier, Miglena, "The Bulgarian Horrors Through the Eyes of an American Journalist: J. A. MacGahan's Role in the Liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire 1876-1878." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2013.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/4900172
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