Revolution and counterrevolution in Poland, 1980-1989 : Solidarity, martial law, and the end of communism in Europe /
"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"--Provided by publisher
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Polaco |
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Rochester, NY :
University of Rochester Press,
2015.
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Colección: | Rochester studies in East and Central Europe ;
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.