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.

List of contents

Preface
Abbreviations
Poland - "The Weakest Link"
The Solidarity Revolution: Act One, 1980-81
"Defend Socialism as If It Were Poland's Independence"
The Last Days Before
"Night of the General" and Day One
Breakthrough
Reprisals and the Public Mood
The World Looks On
Battle Over
Operation "Renaissance" and Lech Walesa
Underground
Civil Resistance
"The Anesthetic Has Worn Off"
The End of the Campaign and Walesa's Release
The Church between Eternity and Solidarity
Independent Society
The Party Returns to the Ring
The End of Martial Law
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
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

About the author

Andrzej Paczkowski, Christina Manetti

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Christina Manetti, Andrzej Paczkowski
• Assisted by: Christina Manetti (Translation)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2015
• EAN: 9781580465366
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-536-6
• No. of pages: 404
• Dimensions: 241 mm x 183 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 774 g
• Series: Rochester Studies in East and Central Europe; Rochester Studies in East and; Rochester Studies in East and Central Europe; Rochester Studies in East and
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Osteuropa, 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Europäische Geschichte, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, History - General History