The image of Poland has once again been impressed on European consciousness. Norman Davies provides a key to understanding the modern Polish crisis in this lucid and authoritative description of the nation's history. Beginning with the period since 1945, he travels back in time to highlight the long-term themes and traditions which have influenced present attitudes.
His evocative account reveals Poland as the heart of Europe in more than the geographical sense. It is a country where Europe's ideological conflicts are played out in their most acute form: as recent events have emphasized, Poland's fate is of vital concern to European civilization as a whole.
This revised and updated edition tackles and analyses the issues arising from the fall of the Eastern Block, and looks at Poland's future within a political climate of democracy and free market.
- ISBN10 0192801260
- ISBN13 9780192801265
- Publish Date 31 May 2001 (first published August 1984)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Edition Updated Edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 512
- Language English