I. Revolution in "blue" and "red" / 7 The emergency restructuring of the Ministry of Internal Affairs / 19 The only alternative – democracy and a market economy / 25 The National Round Table / 31 The BCP renews itself / 43 The 14th Congress of the BCP / 53 The first government of Andrei Lukanov / 63 The Round Table – confrontation / 75 The end of the Cold War / 88 II. Between confrontation and agreement / 97 Transformations / 104 Gradual or radical transition to a market economy / 118 Bulgarian Nationalism vs. the Movement for Rights and Freedoms / 129 The Multifaceted Union of Democratic Forces – Engine of the Democratic Revolution / 139 III. The Transition Agreed Upon at the Round Table / 179 The Round Table. Agreement Act I – March 12, 1990 / 193 "Shock therapy" vs. gradual transition / 198 Andrei Lukanov's reformist ambitions / 216 The moratorium / 227 The Round Table. Agreement on elections to the Grand National Assembly. Act II – March 30, 1990 / 230 IV. The failed, successful storming. The first free elections / 248 In battle with the "red factory of illusions" / 275 The opposition between reason and passion / 302 A time of enthusiasm, hopes, and fears / 335 The elections for the Grand National Assembly on June 10, 1990 – victory or Pyrrhic victory for the BSP? / 352 V. The political crisis in the hot summer of 1990 / 379 In the spiral of confrontation between the "blues" and the "reds" / 389 The Grand National Assembly / 427 The election of the president / 461