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.

'A clear picture of the recent political evolution of this important East-Central European state' P.W. Knoll, CHOICE 'A lively and compelling chronicle of Polish political history from the partitions of the late eighteenth century through to Poland's recent accession to NATO and the European Union' Matthew Kelly, English Historical Review 'Anita Prazmowska is among the most distinguished historians of Poland in the English-speaking world - This volume - will be useful not only for general readers, but also as an aid in stimulating undergraduates and supporting professors as they explore Poland's development' John Stanley, Canadian Slavonic Papers

• 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.

'A clear picture of the recent political evolution of this important East-Central European state' P.W. Knoll, CHOICE 'A lively and compelling chronicle of Polish political history from the partitions of the late eighteenth century through to Poland's recent accession to NATO and the European Union' Matthew Kelly, English Historical Review 'Anita Prazmowska is among the most distinguished historians of Poland in the English-speaking world - This volume - will be useful not only for general readers, but also as an aid in stimulating undergraduates and supporting professors as they explore Poland's development' John Stanley, Canadian Slavonic Papers

• 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.

'A clear picture of the recent political evolution of this important East-Central European state' P.W. Knoll, CHOICE 'A lively and compelling chronicle of Polish political history from the partitions of the late eighteenth century through to Poland's recent accession to NATO and the European Union' Matthew Kelly, English Historical Review 'Anita Prazmowska is among the most distinguished historians of Poland in the English-speaking world - This volume - will be useful not only for general readers, but also as an aid in stimulating undergraduates and supporting professors as they explore Poland's development' John Stanley, Canadian Slavonic Papers

• 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