This book describes the origins and birth of Solidarity in 1980, its rebirth in 1989, and the formation of a Solidarity government. This second edition is now enlarged to include fresh documentation of the 1980 strike, a further mmoire on the experts'' role ''behind the scenes'', and an entirely new chapter ''From Gdansk to Government''. Taken together, the analysis and documentation provide a permanent record of Eastern Europe''s first breakthrough into post-communism.
