Author: Ascherson, Neal,
Title: The Struggles for Poland.
Description: NY, Random House, (1987). 1st Amer ed. VG in VG DJ. Throughout the 20th century, Poland has been at the center of turbulent events in Europe, a nation in nearly constant crisis. Most recently the rise and repression of the trade union Solidarity in the early 1980s mersmerized the world as Lech Walesa led Poland's people thgouh an unforgettable period of hope and conflict. That drama was heightened by the role of the Polish Pope John Paul II a figure of enormous symbolic influence and popularity in a state with vastly more Cathlics than Communists. In this book "The Struggles for Poland" one of Britain's most distinguished journalists examines these modern dramas while also bringing Poland's rich and tragic past into clearer focus. And Poland is a country whose very existence was shattered by its powerful neighbors is a nation defined as much by commmon experience as by boundaries. Protective mylar cover on dj.

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