Poland, 1918-1945: An Interpretive and Documentary History of the Second RepublicBased on extensive range of Polish, British, German, Jewish and Ukranian primary and secondary sources, this work provides an objective appraisal of the inter-war period. Peter Stachura demonstrates how the Republic overcame giant obstacles at home and abroad to achieve consolidation as an independent state in the early 1920s, made relative economic progress, created a coherent social order, produced an outstanding cultural scene, advanced educational opportunity, and adopted constructive and even-handed policies towards its ethnic minorities. Without denying the defeats suffered by the Republic, Peter Stachura demonstrates that the fate of Poland after 1945, with the imposition of an unwanted, Soviet-dominated Communist system, was thoroughly undeserved. |
Contents
Independence regained | 6 |
Consolidation | 28 |
Society and the economy | 45 |
Politics | 59 |
The ethnic minorities | 79 |
Culture and education | 101 |
Foreign policy | 111 |
Occupation and resistance | 130 |
The Jewish Holocaust and the Poles | 144 |
Defeat in victory | 161 |
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Poland, 1918-1945: An Interpretive and Documentary History of the Second ... Peter Stachura No preview available - 2004 |
Poland, 1918-1945: An Interpretive and Documentary History of the Second ... Peter D. Stachura No preview available - 2004 |
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Genocide and Fascism: The Eliminationist Drive in Fascist Europe Aristotle A. Kallis No preview available - 2009 |