Revolution and counterrevolution in Poland, 1980-1989 : solidarity, martial law, and the end of communism in Europe
Andrzej Paczkowski
Bok · Engelsk · 2015
| Omfang | XVI, 387 sider
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| Opplysninger | Part 1. The beginning -- Poland : the weakest link? -- The Solidarity revolution : act one, 1980-81 -- "Defend socialism as if it were Poland's independence" -- Part 2. The attack -- The last days before -- "Night of the general" and day one -- Breakthrough -- Reprisals and the public mood -- The world looks on -- Battle over -- Part 3. Counterattack -- Operation "Renaissance" and Lech Wałęsa -- Underground -- Civic resistance -- "The anesthetic has worn off" -- The end of the campaign and Wałęsa's release -- Part 4. Toward positional warfare -- The Church between eternity and Solidarity -- Independent society -- The party returns to the ring -- The end of martial law -- Part 5. Endgame -- Solidarity's revolution : the finale, 1988-89 -- Escape from the Soviet Bloc and the fall of the empire -- Conclusion: The decade of struggle and its legacy.. - "Examines the 1980 Solidarity revolution in Poland, the government's subsequent establishment of martial law in response, in 1981, and the eventual transition to democracy in 1989"-- Forleggeromtale
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| ISBN | 9781580465366
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