Flashpoint Poland

Content: 
Pergamon Policy Studies on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Acknowledgments, Pages ix-x
Introduction: A Look Back in Anger, Pages xi-xviii
List of Abbreviations, Page xix
1 - Gomulka's Legacy, Pages 3-5
2 - One Week That Shook the Communist World: December 1970, Pages 6-31
3 - A Year of Agonizing Reappraisals: 1971, Pages 32-78
4 - Forward with Gierek: 1971–1975, Pages 79-209
5 - Foreign Policy: 1971–1977, Pages 210-239
6 - From Boom to Reality: December 1975, Pages 240-243
7 - The Growing Social Tension: 1975–June 1976, Pages 244-252
8 - One Friday in June 1976, Pages 255-256
9 - Events Speak for Themselves: June 1976–March 1977, Pages 257-291
10 - The Economic Necessity, Pages 292-296
11 - Who Rules the Country?, Pages 297-301
12 - After June: Confusion, Pages 302-307
13 - New Measures: Who is Leading Whom?, Pages 308-312
14 - Gierek: Prisoner of the System, Pages 313-319
15 - Playing for Time: 1977–March 1979, Pages 320-356
16 - The Pope from Poland: Has History Smiled on Poles?, Pages 357-369
17 - Testing the Limits of the Possible, Pages 373-379
Notes, Pages 381-395
Selected Bibliography, Pages 397-400
Index, Pages 401-416
About the Author, Page 417
Pergamon Policy Studies, Pages 418-419