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A Concise History of Poland

By Jerzy Lukowski , Hubert Zawadzki

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2006
ISBN
0521618576
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
22 MB (23279824 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Concise Histories
Edition
2,
Pages
xxxiii, 371\202
Topic
History
Time added
2019-02-14 22:18:47

Description

The second edition of this guide to Poland has been updated to take account of the years from 1989-2005. This period marked its liberation from the Soviet Union, the birth of Poland's 'Third Republic' and, recently, its accession to the European Union in 2004. Poland's history has been marked by its resilience. Once a dominant force in central and eastern Europe and home to a remarkable experiment in consensual politics, it was excised from the map by its neighbours in 1795. Resurrected in 1918, partitioned afresh during the Second World War, it survived to become a satellite of the Soviet Union. Yet in the 1980s, it was Poland which blazed the trail in casting off communism, and was finally able to reassert its Christian heritage. With its updated bibliography and new chronology, the book is the ideal companion for all looking for a comprehensive survey of this fascinating country.

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