POLAND UNDER COMMUNISM by Anthony Kemp-Welch ( 9780521884402 )

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Title:

POLAND UNDER COMMUNISM
A COLD WAR HISTORY

By:

Anthony Kemp-Welch

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0521884403

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

21 February, 2008

Pages:

460

Description:

A history of Poland from the Second World War until the fall of Communism.

Synopsis:

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 Using a wide range of Polish archives and unpublished sources in Moscow and Washington, Tony Kemp-Welch integrates the Cold War history of diplomacy and inter-state relations with the study of domestic opposition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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