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Poland Under Communism: A Cold War History
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Eastern European HistoryGeneral European History
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ISBN10: 0521711177
ISBN13: 9780521711173
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Feb 21 2008
Pages: 458
Weight: 1.59
Height: 1.07 Width: 5.96 Depth: 8.97
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780521711173
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Feb 21 2008
Pages: 458
Weight: 1.59
Height: 1.07 Width: 5.96 Depth: 8.97
Language: English
This book was the first English-language history of Poland from the Second World War until the fall of Communism. Using a wide range of Polish archives and unpublished sources in Moscow and Washington, Tony Kemp-Welch integrates the Cold War history of diplomacy and inter-state relations with the study of domestic opposition and social movements. His key themes encompass political, social and economic history; the Communist movement and its relations with the Soviet Union; and the broader East-West context with particular attention to US policies. The book concludes with a first-hand account of how Solidarity formed the world's first post-Communist government in 1989 as the Polish people demonstrated what can be achieved by civic courage against apparently insuperable geo-strategic obstacles. This compelling new account will be essential reading for anyone interested in Polish history, the Communist movement and the course of the Cold War.
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