The triumph of provocation [[electronic resource] /] / Józef Mackiewicz ; translation by Jerzy Hauptmann, S.D. Lukac, and Martin Dewhirst ; foreword by Jeremy Black

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457137503321
• Autore: Mackiewicz Józef
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2009
• ISBN: 1-282-35340-3; 9786612353406; 0-300-14570-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1 online resource (ix, 244 p.))
• Disciplina: 327.438047
• Soggetti: Communism - Poland; Electronic books.; Poland Relations Soviet Union; Soviet Union Relations Poland; Poland Politics and government 1945-1980
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published in Polish in 1962 under title Zwycięstwo prowokacji.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: "Censored" -- Does Russia still exist? -- Between Bolshevism and nationalism -- Mikaszewicze -- "Gomułkaism" (national communism) of the twenties -- The first great provocation about the alleged "evolution of communism" -- The second phase of national communism -- Alliance or collaboration with the Soviet invader? -- The origins of "PAX" -- Pharisaism versus subversion -- The second great provocation -- Along the road of classic "Poputnichestvo" (fellow-traveling) -- The German complex -- Culture in the stranglehold of compulsory infantilism -- The real German threat -- "Realisms" versus reality -- Pathos versus pestilence -- Józef Mackiewicz : his life, work, and views (a chronology) / by Nina Karsov.
• Sommario/riassunto: This masterful political treatise, first published in 1962, examines the history and nature of Communism as it developed in the Soviet Union and in Poland. Józef Mackiewicz, known for his relentless opposition to Communism, argues that accommodation with the Communists simply helped them to impose their vision of the world and pursue their goal ; of global domination. He compares Communism to Nazism and insists that the former was the greater threat to the future of humanity. Now available in English for the first time, The Triumph of Provocation will be compelling reading for those interested in Polish history, Communism, and Nazism.Mackiewicz's unique interpretation of the differences and similarities between Communism and Nazism is highly relevant to debates about these two systems and to major contemporary issues which are of particular importance to the U.S. and Europe, including radical Islam and the necessity of war and the responsibility for war.