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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453053603321

Autore

Bloom Jack M

Titolo

Seeing through the eyes of the Polish Revolution : solidarity and the struggle against communism in Poland / / by Jack M. Bloom

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden : , : Brill, , 2013

ISBN

90-04-25276-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (440 p.)

Collana

Historical materialism book series, , 1570-1522 ; ; volume 50

Disciplina

943.805/6

Soggetti

Political activists - Poland

Interviews - Poland

Anti-communist movements - Poland - History - 20th century

Revolutions - Poland - History - 20th century

Opposition (Political science) - Poland - History - 20th century

Social conflict - Poland - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Poland Politics and government 1980-1989

Poland Social conditions 1980-1989

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Patronage and Corruption in Communist Poland -- Part One. The Emergence of Opposition -- The First Systemic Crisis -- "Living Parallel to the System" : The Solidarity Generation -- A Line of Blood -- An Opposition Emerges -- Independent Organisations and Opposition -- Part Two. The Solidarity Revolution -- The Solidarity Explosion -- Social Solidarity and the Victory of Solidarnosc -- The Solidarity Revolution -- The Solidarity Offensive -- Bydgoszcz : the Turning Point -- The Party at War with itself.

Sommario/riassunto

In 1980 Polish workers astonished the world by demanding and winning an independent union with the right to strike, called Solidarity--the beginning of the end of the Soviet empire. Jack M. Bloom's Seeing Through the Eyes of the Polish Revolution explains how it happened, from the imposition to Communism to its end, based on 150 interviews of Solidarity leaders, activists, supporters and



opponents. Bloom presents the perspectives and experiences of these participants. He shows how an opposition was built, the battle between Solidarity and the ruling party, the conflicts that emerged within each side during this tense period, how Solidarity survived the imposition of martial law and how the opposition forced the government to negotiate itself out of power.