Revolution and Counterrevolution in Poland, 1980-1989 : Solidarity, Martial Law, and the End of Communism in Europe /
The 1980 general strike in Poland and the establishment of the independent Solidarity movement, which sought to create a state based on civic freedom, were symptoms of a crisis of the communist system. On December 13, 1981, General Wojciech Jaruzelski on behalf of the ruling Communist Party imposed...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English Polish |
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Rochester, NY :
University of Rochester Press,
2015.
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| Series: | Rochester studies in East and Central Europe ;
v. 14. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Part 1. The beginning
- Poland : the weakest link?
- The Solidarity revolution : act one, 1980-81
- "Defend socialism as if it were Poland's independence"
- Part 2. The attack
- The last days before
- "Night of the general" and day one
- Breakthrough
- Reprisals and the public mood
- The world looks on
- Battle over
- Part 3. Counterattack
- Operation "Renaissance" and Lech Wałęsa
- Underground
- Civic resistance
- "The anesthetic has worn off"
- The end of the campaign and Wałęsa's release
- Part 4. Toward positional warfare
- The Church between eternity and Solidarity
- Independent society
- The party returns to the ring
- The end of martial law
- Part 5. Endgame
- 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.
