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Informationen zum Autor Michael Szporer is professor of communications, arts and humanities at the University of Maryland University College. Klappentext Solidarity:The Great Workers Strike of 1980 tells the story of this pivotal period in Poland's history from the perspective of those who lived it. Through unique personal interviews with the individuals who helped breathe life into the Solidarity movement, Michael Szporer brings home the momentous impact these events had on the people involved and subsequent history that changed the face of Europe. This movement, which began as a strike, had major consequences that no one could have foreseen at the start. In this book, the individuals who shaped history speak with their own voices about the strike that changed the course of history. Zusammenfassung Solidarity: The Great Workers Strike of 1980 tells the story of this pivotal period in Poland's history from the perspective of those who lived it. Through unique personal interviews with the individuals who helped breathe life into the Solidarity movement! Michael Szporer brings home the momentous impact these events had on the people involved and subsequent history that changed the face of Europe. This movement! which began as a strike! had major consequences that no one could have foreseen at the start. In this book! the individuals who shaped history speak with their own voices about the strike that changed the course of history Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I: INTRODUCTIONSolidarity SongsAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: The Solidarnosc Era in Historical Perspective: Labor Protests, Polish Communism, and the Soviet Bloc, 1956-1981 by Mark Kramer PART II: THE STRIKEChapter 2: "The People were the Hero": Conversation with Jerzy BorowczakChapter 3: The Making of a Solidarity Revolution: Conversation with Bogdan BorusewiczChapter 4: Hoeing the Moon: Conversation with Bogdan FelskiChapter 5: Moments of Conscience: Conversation with Andrzej Gwiazda and Joanna Duda GwiazdaChapter 6: A Time for my Convictions: Conversation with Aleksander HallChapter 7: The Morality of Truth: Conversation with Adam HodyszChapter 8: Looking for Alternatives: Conversation with Piotr Kapczynski and Anna MlynikChapter 9: "We were all equal at the Shipyard": Conversation with Zenon KwokaChapter 10: The Revolution that Evolved: Conversation with Bogdan LisChapter 11: Solidarity of Attainable Goals: Conversation with Jacek MerkelChapter 12: Woman of Iron: Conversation with Anna WalentynowiczChapter 13: The Price of Freedom: Conversation with Lech WalesaChapter 14: The Soup that Became a Downpour: Conversations with Krzysztof Wyszkowski and his older brother Blazej Wyszkowski PART III: THE DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITIONChapter 15: The Making of NOWA: Conversation with Grzegorz BogutaChapter 16: The Fringe of the Possible: Conversation with Andrzej CelinskiChapter 17: The Godfather of the Polish Opposition: Conversation with Jacek Kuron Chapter 18: The Spirit of Gazeta Wyborcza: Conversation with Adam MichnikChapter 19: The Solidarity of my Generation: Conversation with Henryk WujecPART IV: THE EXPERTSChapter 20: The Berlin Wall Started Falling in the Gdansk Shipyard: Conversation with Bronislaw Geremek Chapter 21: Lining Up Democracy: Conversation with Tadeusz MazowieckiChapter 22: Always Right: Conversation with Jadwiga StaniszkisPART V: ASSESSMENTSChapter 23: The Controversy over Lech Walesa: A ReviewChapter 24: Managing Religion in Communist-Era Poland: Catholic Priests versus the Secret PoliceChapter 25: Anna Walentynowicz and the Legacy of Solidarity in PolandPART VI: APPENDIXChapter 26: Chronology Chapter 27: Declassified Documents from the Russian State Archive of Recent History Translated and introduced by Mark KramerWorks Cited...
