Anita Prazmowska is Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her previous books include Civil War in Poland 1942 - 1948, Poland and the Eastern Front, Britain and Poland 1939 - 1943: The Betrayed Ally and A History of Poland.

• ContentsAbbreviationsForewordIntroductionChapter 1: Poland on the Eve of the First World WarChapter 2: The First World War and the Emergence of Independent PolandChapter 3: Independent Poland in Inter-War EuropeChapter 4: The Outbreak and the Course of the Second World WarChapter 5: Post-War PolandChapter 6: From Gierek to SolidarityChapter 7: Post-Communist PolandConclusion

Anita Prazmowska is Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her previous books include Civil War in Poland 1942 - 1948, Poland and the Eastern Front, Britain and Poland 1939 - 1943: The Betrayed Ally and A History of Poland.

• ContentsAbbreviationsForewordIntroductionChapter 1: Poland on the Eve of the First World WarChapter 2: The First World War and the Emergence of Independent PolandChapter 3: Independent Poland in Inter-War EuropeChapter 4: The Outbreak and the Course of the Second World WarChapter 5: Post-War PolandChapter 6: From Gierek to SolidarityChapter 7: Post-Communist PolandConclusion

Anita Prazmowska is Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her previous books include Civil War in Poland 1942 - 1948, Poland and the Eastern Front, Britain and Poland 1939 - 1943: The Betrayed Ally and A History of Poland.

• ContentsAbbreviationsForewordIntroductionChapter 1: Poland on the Eve of the First World WarChapter 2: The First World War and the Emergence of Independent PolandChapter 3: Independent Poland in Inter-War EuropeChapter 4: The Outbreak and the Course of the Second World WarChapter 5: Post-War PolandChapter 6: From Gierek to SolidarityChapter 7: Post-Communist PolandConclusion