Anita Prazmowska is Professor of International History at the London School of Economics. Her publications include Civil War in Poland, 1942-1948; Poland and the Eastern Front; Britain and Poland 1939-1943: The Betrayed Ally and Poland: A Modern History (I.B.Tauris).

• Abbreviations Introduction 1 Family and Early Childhood 2 Political Maturing 3 The 1930s and entry into national politics 4 The Reconstruction of the Polish Communist Party during the Second World War5 From conspiracy to power in post war Poland6 The Establishment of Communist power in Poland 1944-487 1948-56 The Dark Years8 The People’s Secretary9 The Polish Road to Socialism10 NemesisEpilogueBibliography

Anita Prazmowska is Professor of International History at the London School of Economics. Her publications include Civil War in Poland, 1942-1948; Poland and the Eastern Front; Britain and Poland 1939-1943: The Betrayed Ally and Poland: A Modern History (I.B.Tauris).

• Abbreviations Introduction 1 Family and Early Childhood 2 Political Maturing 3 The 1930s and entry into national politics 4 The Reconstruction of the Polish Communist Party during the Second World War5 From conspiracy to power in post war Poland6 The Establishment of Communist power in Poland 1944-487 1948-56 The Dark Years8 The People’s Secretary9 The Polish Road to Socialism10 NemesisEpilogueBibliography

Anita Prazmowska is Professor of International History at the London School of Economics. Her publications include Civil War in Poland, 1942-1948; Poland and the Eastern Front; Britain and Poland 1939-1943: The Betrayed Ally and Poland: A Modern History (I.B.Tauris).

• Abbreviations Introduction 1 Family and Early Childhood 2 Political Maturing 3 The 1930s and entry into national politics 4 The Reconstruction of the Polish Communist Party during the Second World War5 From conspiracy to power in post war Poland6 The Establishment of Communist power in Poland 1944-487 1948-56 The Dark Years8 The People’s Secretary9 The Polish Road to Socialism10 NemesisEpilogueBibliography