Poland

ISBN: 9781780762883 出版年：2010 页码：326 Anita Prazmowska Bloomsbury Publishing

Polish independence following the end of World War I marked a new era for a nation that had endured centuries of foreign partition. But the spirit of Polish nationalism - forged during thof external domination - has frequently been at odds with the modernising drives of democracy and communism. How can the ideals of nationalism survination-state? Anita Prazmowska traces this conflict from the emergence of an independent Poland in 1918; through World War II, communism and the democratic victories of Solidarity; to the present damembership of the EU is changing perceptioPoland and in the wider world. Poland: A Modern History presents a vivid and accessible portrait of Poland's tumultuous history over the past century. It is a clear and concise introductiwhich, often at the epicentre of European political history, has nevertheless sometimes struggled to define its national identity.