The Polish Revolution: Solidarity - Softcover

Garton Ash, Timothy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140283900 ISBN 13: 9780140283907

Publisher: Penguin, 1999

Synopsis

In August 1980, workers occupied the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk and won from their communist rulers the right to form independent trades unions a concession unprecendented in the history of the communist world. In this eyewitness account, Timothy Garton Ash describes the defiance of the strikers, the emergence of an improbable leader in Lech Walesa and the events culminating in the declaration of martial law. His lucid and profound analysis explores key questions such as: Why did the revolutionhappen in Poland? What was the relationship between Solidarity and the communist regime? What changes did it bring about in the whole Soviet bloc? How did the West react to Solidarity?

About this title

About the Author:

Timothy Garton Ash is a Fellow of St. Antony's College , Oxford. He is the author of THE FILE and HISTORY OF THE PRESENT, as well as his trilogy of the collapse of Soviet rule in Central Europe and its aftermath, THE POLISH REVOLUTION, WE THE PEOPLEand THE USES OF ADVERSITY (reissued simultaneously by Penguin).

Synopsis:

In August 1980, the Lenin Shipyard workers in Gdansk won the unprecedented right to form independent trades unions in a Communist country. This account describes the strike and the emergence of Lech Walesa as leader. The strike and its ongoing effects in the whole Soviet bloc are analyzed.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0140283900
• ISBN 13: 9780140283907
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464