Solidarity The Martial Law In Poland First Days

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Solidarity The Martial Law In Poland First Days

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Author : WOJCIECH POLAK
language : pl
Publisher: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika
Release Date : 2016

Solidarity The Martial Law In Poland First Days written by WOJCIECH POLAK and has been published by Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Martial law categories.

The introduction of martial law on December 12th 1981 was one of the turning points in Polish history. It was on that night when all hope for changing the economically insufficient, ideologically foreign communist political system – which disregarded Polish culture and history – was lost. After nearly sixteen months of slow liberalisation of communism in the country, the repressions towards dissidents (far more severe than during Edward Gierek’s rule), intensified censorship, party-controlled culture and science, and the omnipotence of the communist leaders made a comeback. Underground structures of Solidarity emerged as an answer to the violence spreading all around, making it impossible for the government’s Security Service to handle the situation.This book is meant to portray the social and political moods which accompanied the introduction of martial law in Poland, as well as describe in detail the preparation procedures and analyse the course of events during this coup d’etat in December 1981. The demonstrations, protests, conspiracy and forming of Solidarity’s structures are described in a separate chapter. Finally, we touch upon the Catholic Church’s attitude towards the national situation and the legal aspects of the martial law introduction. The book’s chronology range is focused mostly on December 1981, although in some cases there was a need to present the earlier and later events as well.

From Solidarity To Martial Law The Polish Crisis Of 1980 1981 A Documentary History

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Author : Andrzej Paczkowski
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007

From Solidarity To Martial Law The Polish Crisis Of 1980 1981 A Documentary History written by Andrzej Paczkowski and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Poland categories.

From Solidarity To Martial Law

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Author : Andrzej Paczkowski
language : en
Publisher: Central European University Press
Release Date : 2007-01-01

From Solidarity To Martial Law written by Andrzej Paczkowski and has been published by Central European University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-01 with History categories.

Presents 95 documents on the months between Au. 1980 when Solidarity was founded and Dec. 1981 when Polish authorities declared martial law and crushed the opposition movement.

Solidarity S Secret

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Author : Shana Penn
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2005

Solidarity S Secret written by Shana Penn and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.

The first book to document women's crucial role in the fall of Poland's communist regime

Polish Revolution

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Author : Timothy Garton Ash
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998-09

Polish Revolution written by Timothy Garton Ash and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-09 with categories.

Timothy Garton Ash was with the strikers in the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk in August 1980 when the trade union Solidarity was born, in opposition to the Communist government. He witnessed their bravery and defiance and the emergence of an improbable leader and hero in the country's future president, Lech Walesa. This text recreates the ideals and terrors of that time, and exposes the mechanics of oppression of the communist regime.

Solidarity With Solidarity

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Author : Idesbald Goddeeris
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2010

Solidarity With Solidarity written by Idesbald Goddeeris and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Business & Economics categories.

The Polish crisis in the early 1980s provoked a great deal of reaction in the West. Not only governments, but social movements were also touched by the establishment of the Independent Trade Union Solidarnosc in the summer of 1980, the proclamation of martial law in December 1981, and Solidarnosc's underground activity in the subsequent years. In many countries, campaigns were set up in order to spread information, raise funds, and provide the Polish opposition with humanitarian relief and technical assistance. Labor movements especially stepped into the limelight. A number of Western European unions were concerned about the new international tension following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the new hard-line policy of the US and saw Solidarnosc as a political instrument of clerical and neo-conservative cold warriors. This book analyzes reaction to Solidarnosc in nine Western European countries and within the international trade union confederations. It argues that Western solidarity with Solidarnosc was highly determined by its instrumental value within the national context. Trade unions openly sided with Solidarnosc when they had an interest in doing so, namely when Solidarnosc could strengthen their own program or position. But this book also reveals that reaction in allegedly reluctant countries was massive, albeit discreet, pragmatic, and humanitarian, rather than vocal, emotional, and political.

The Roots Of Solidarity

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Author : Roman Laba
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2014-07-14

The Roots Of Solidarity written by Roman Laba and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-14 with History categories.

In July 1980, two weeks before the Gdansk shipyard strikes, Roman Laba arrived in Poland as an American graduate student. He stayed there for almost two and a half years before he was arrested and expelled from the country for "activities noxious to the interests of the Polish state." Laba had set himself the ambitious task of documenting the history of Poland's free trade union. Martial law was in force for the last year of his stay, but even during that time he continued his rescue of the unique historical materials that contribute so much to Roots of Solidarity. The book uses this hard-earned information to challenge the commonly accepted view of the Polish intelligentsia as the driving force behind Solidarity and to demonstrate that the roots of the movement go back a decade earlier than the 1980 strikes. Laba presents compelling evidence that Solidarity emerged directly from the activities of workers in the 1970s along the Baltic coast. It was not the intellectual elite but these workers, independent of and unknown to the rest of Poland, who created three crucial strategies for struggle against oppression: the sit-down strike, the interfactory strike committee, and the demand for free trade unions independent of the party state. This concise and provocative work is divided into two parts. The first is a narrative of the creation of Solidarity. The second shows how workers' resistance to the Leninist state gradually generated new forms of democratic organizations and politics. Laba criticizes elitist ways of understanding social movements and also presents an unusual analysis of Solidarity's ritual symbolism. In addition, new evidence transforms our understanding of the role of the police and the army in a one-party state. Originally published in 1991. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Revolution And Counterrevolution In Poland 1980 1989

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Author : Andrzej Paczkowski
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2015

Revolution And Counterrevolution In Poland 1980 1989 written by Andrzej Paczkowski and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with History categories.

Examines the 1980 Solidarity revolution in Poland, the government's subsequent establishment of martial law in response, in 1981, and the eventual transition to democracy in 1989.

A Covert Action Reagan The Cia And The Cold War Struggle In Poland

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Author : Seth G. Jones
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2018-09-11

A Covert Action Reagan The Cia And The Cold War Struggle In Poland written by Seth G. Jones and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-11 with History categories.

The dramatic, untold story of one of the CIA’s most successful Cold War intelligence operations. December, 1981—the CIA receives word that the Polish government has cut telephone communications with the West and closed the Polish border. The agency’s leaders quickly inform President Ronald Reagan, who is enjoying a serene weekend at Camp David. Within hours, Prime Minister Wojciech Jaruzelski has appeared on Polish national television to announce the establishment of martial law. A new era in Cold War politics has begun: Washington and Moscow are on a collision course. In this gripping narrative history, Seth G. Jones reveals the little-known story of the CIA’s subsequent operations in Poland, which produced a landmark victory for democracy during the Cold War. While the Soviet-backed Polish government worked to crush a budding liberal opposition movement, the CIA began a sophisticated intelligence campaign, code-named QRHELPFUL, that supported dissident groups. The most powerful of these groups was Solidarity, a trade union that swelled to a membership of ten million and became one of the first legitimate anti-Communist opposition movements in Eastern Europe. With President Reagan’s support, the CIA provided money that helped Solidarity print newspapers, broadcast radio programs, and conduct a wide-ranging information warfare campaign against the Soviet-backed government. QRHELPFUL proved vital in establishing a free and democratic Poland. Long overlooked by CIA historians and Reagan biographers, the story of QRHELPFUL features an extraordinary cast of characters—including spymaster Bill Casey, CIA officer Richard Malzahn, Polish-speaking CIA case officer Celia Larkin, Solidarity leader Lech Walesa, and Pope John Paul II. Based on in-depth interviews and recently declassified evidence, A Covert Action celebrates a decisive victory over tyranny for U.S. intelligence behind the Iron Curtain, one that prefigured the Soviet collapse.

The Political Films Of Andrzej Wajda

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Author : Janina Falkowska
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 1996

The Political Films Of Andrzej Wajda written by Janina Falkowska and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Performing Arts categories.

Controversial, painful, stimulating, and cinematically beautiful, they never fail to fully engage the spectator. This is particularly true for his major political films, which form the basis of this study. Applying Bakhtin's concept of dialogism, the author shows how a creative interaction between the image on the screen and the viewer is established through Wajda's films.