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Incorporating selective papers from a successful conference organised by the Polish Society, this book presents challenging and frequently revisionist views on a variety of controversial themes relating to the interwar Polish Republic, including its struggle over Upper Silesia, the question of national identity and its ethnic minorities, the significance of the Battle of Warsaw, the role of the press and its defence preparations in 1939. The volume thus makes an important contribution to scholarly debate of a crucial period in Poland's recent history.
List of contents
List of Maps Map of the Second Polish Republic Preface Notes on Contributors Abbreviations and Glossary The Second Republic in Historiographical Outline; P. Stachura Three Insurrections: Upper Silesia, 1919-21; P. Lesniewski The Battle of Warsaw, August 1920, and the Development of the Second Polish Republic; P. Stachura National Identity and the Ethnic Minorities in Early Interwar Poland; P. Stachura Freedom of the Press in Interwar Poland: the System of Control; J. Bates Polish Defence Preparations in 1939; A. Suchcitz Principal Officers of the Second Polish Republic, 1918-39 Chronology: Poland, 1914-39 Select Bibliography Index
About the author
JOHN M. BATES Lecturer in Polish, University of Glasgow
PETER LESNIEWSKI served in the Royal Air Force
ANDRZEJ SUCHCITZ Keeper of Archives at The Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum, London
Report
...this is a welcome little volume that should prove useful in introducing the interested but uninformed reader to some of the major issues of interwar Polish history. American Historical Review
