A concise history of Poland

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Label

A concise history of Poland

Statement of responsibility

Jerzy Lukowski and Hubert Zawadzki

Creator

• Lukowski, Jerzy

Contributor

• Zawadzki, W. H.

Author

• Lukowski, Jerzy
• Zawadzki, W. H.

Subject

• Poland -- History

Language

eng

Summary

Poland is a tenacious survivor-state: it was wiped off the map in 1795, resurrected after the First World War, apparently annihilated again in the Second World War, and reduced to satellite status of the Soviet Union after 1945. Yet it emerged in the vanguard of resistance to the USSR in the 1980s, albeit as a much more homogeneous entity than it had been in its multi-ethnic past. This book outlines Poland's turbulent and complex history, from its medieval Christian origins to the reassertion of that Christian and European heritage after forty-five years of communism. It describes Poland's transformation since 1989, and explains how Poland navigated its way into a new Commonwealth of Nations in the European Union. Recent years have witnessed significant changes within Poland, Eastern Europe and the wider world. This new edition reflects on these changes, and examines the current issues facing a Poland which some would accuse of being out of touch with 'European values'

Member of

• Cambridge concise histories

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

943.8

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

DK4140

LC item number

.L85 2019

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Cambridge Concise histories