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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

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Paczkowski, Andrzej, 1938- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Polaco
Publicado: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2015.
Colección:Rochester studies in East and Central Europe ; 14.
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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.