Heart of Europe: The Past in Poland's Present

Cover Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
ISBN 0192801260......Page 5
Preface to the First Edition......Page 8
Preface to the Second Edition......Page 13
Preface to the Revised Edition......Page 16
Contents......Page 18
Maps and Diagrams......Page 22
Illustrations......Page 23
A Note on Polish Spelling......Page 24
1: The Legacy of Humiliation: Post-war Poland to the Crisis of the People’s Republic, 1944-1983......Page 28
The Communist Take-over: From the Soviet Liberation to the One- Party State, July 1944 to December 1948......Page 30
Polish Stalinism, December 1948 to October 1956......Page 33
National Communism: The Heyday of the PZPR, October 1956 to August 1980......Page 36
The Interval of SOLIDARITY, August 1980 to December 1981......Page 41
The Military Dictatorship, December 1981-1983......Page 47
Spiders’ Webs and Galley-slaves......Page 52
Two Nations......Page 65
2,078 Days and More......Page 82
The Era of the Nazi–Soviet Pact, 1939-1945......Page 83
The Nazi Supremacy, 1941-1943......Page 86
The Soviet Advance, 1943-1945......Page 91
The Postscript of War, 1945-1947......Page 96
Cuckoo in the Nest......Page 98
Bitter Harvest......Page 114
Poland’s Rebirth during the Great War, 1914-1918......Page 122
Birth Pangs of the ‘Second Republic’, 1918-1921......Page 127
The Constitutional Period, 1921-1926......Page 133
The Sanacja Regime,  1926-1935......Page 135
The Road to Disaster, 1935-1939......Page 138
The Duel: Dmowski versus Pilsudski......Page 140
Memories of Independence......Page 156
123 Years......Page 165
Under the Shadow of France......Page 166
The Vienna Settlement, 1815-1830......Page 169
The Romantic Age of Insurrections, 1830-1864......Page 172
The Age of Organic Work, 1864-1905......Page 175
The Growth of a New Society, c.1890-1918......Page 178
By Word and by Deed: The Polish Cause......Page 180
The Impotence of Diplomacy......Page 234
The Military Tradition......Page 236
The Alienation from Authority......Page 240
The Spread of National Consciousness......Page 246
The Émigré Tradition......Page 250
The Cultural Imperative......Page 256
The Religion of Patriotism......Page 262
The Divided Conscience......Page 267
A Historic Nation......Page 272
Prehistory......Page 274
Piast Poland......Page 276
The Jagiellons, 1385-1572......Page 283
The Noble Republic, 1569-1795......Page 287
The Partitions of Poland—the Reign of Stanislaw- August, 1764-1795......Page 296
Lasting Traditions......Page 304
The Multicultural Heritage......Page 305
The Ethnic Core......Page 310
The Polish Language......Page 314
Polish Literature......Page 316
The Noble Ethos......Page 317
Church and People......Page 322
The Bond with the West......Page 327
Diversions from the East......Page 330
Political Corruption......Page 332
The Impasse of Polish Communism......Page 339
The Military Establishment......Page 344
Workers’ Control......Page 359
Poetry in the Shipyards......Page 361
Underground Resistance......Page 367
The Intellectuals’ Dilemma......Page 374
Historical Roles......Page 378
The Church Universal......Page 389
Economic Regression......Page 393
International Attitudes......Page 401
World-wide Repercussions......Page 407
Baleful Precedents......Page 412
7: Beyond History: Reflections in the mid-1980s......Page 419
8: Liberation: 1983-1999......Page 434
The Terminal Illness of the PRL, 1983-1989......Page 435
The Death of Polish Communism, 1989-1999......Page 442
The Third Republic, since 1990......Page 450
Notes......Page 461
Appendix I: Poland\'s Rulers......Page 474
Appendix II: Genealogical Tables......Page 480
Appendix III: Gazetteer......Page 485
B......Page 488
C......Page 490
E......Page 492
G......Page 493
H......Page 494
J......Page 495
K......Page 496
L......Page 497
M......Page 498
N......Page 499
P......Page 500
R......Page 503
S......Page 505
T......Page 507
V......Page 508
W......Page 509
Z......Page 510
Illustrations......Page 511
Back Page......Page 519