Poland in the Twentieth Century

by P. Stachura

• ISBN13: 9780333752661
• ISBN10: 033375266X
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1999-04-26
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Author Biography

Peter Stachura is a Reader in History, University of Stirling

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations and Glossary	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Poland's Independence: From Versailles to Yalta, and Beyond	p. 7
The Second Republic: A Historical Overview	p. 21
The Polish-Jewish Symbiosis in the Second Republic, 1918-39	p. 41
Wladyslaw Sikorski: Soldier, Politician and Statesman, 1881-1943	p. 59
General Stanislaw Maczek: A Biographical Profile	p. 83
Poles and Jews in the Second World War	p. 97
The Polish Minority in Scotland: 1945 until the Present	p. 113
Polish Nationalism in the Post-Communist Era	p. 135
Conclusion: Poland - The Millennial Perspective	p. 153
Chronology: Poland, 1900-99	p. 156
The Declaration of the Polish Government in Response to the Resolution concerning Poland adopted at the Yalta Conference, London, 18 February 1945	p. 161
Telegram sent by King George VI to the President of the Polish Republic on the Occasion of VE-Day, London, 6 May 1945	p. 163
Select Bibliography	p. 164
Index	p. 174
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