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‘… the result is the best short guide to Polish history currently available in English.’ English Historical Review
' … the best short guide to Polish history currently available in English.' Robert I. Frost, King's College London, Oxford Academic Journals
‘… two chapters, on the partitions era to 1918, are excellent … a judicious balance of pertinent information and lucid, thoughtful analysis.’ History
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Poland is a country which sporadically hits the headlines of the Anglo-Saxon world. It has suffered the dubious distinction of being wiped off the political map in 1795 to be resurrected after the First World War only to suffer apparent annihilation during the Second, with reduction to satellite status of the Soviet Union only to emerge in the van of resistance to Soviet domination during the 1980s. Yet the history of Poland remains comparatively little known. This book offers a brief, non-specialist introduction to Polish history, from medieval times to the present day, and is the only short history of Poland available in English. It concentrates essentially on political development which, particularly for the pre-nineteenth-century period, still remains little known to English readers. The book also includes much material on relations with Germany, Russia, the Ukraine, Lithuania, and other neighbouring states.
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‘… the result is the best short guide to Polish history currently available in English.’ English Historical Review
' … the best short guide to Polish history currently available in English.' Robert I. Frost, King's College London, Oxford Academic Journals
‘… two chapters, on the partitions era to 1918, are excellent … a judicious balance of pertinent information and lucid, thoughtful analysis.’ History
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Poland is a country which sporadically hits the headlines of the Anglo-Saxon world. It has suffered the dubious distinction of being wiped off the political map in 1795 to be resurrected after the First World War only to suffer apparent annihilation during the Second, with reduction to satellite status of the Soviet Union only to emerge in the van of resistance to Soviet domination during the 1980s. Yet the history of Poland remains comparatively little known. This book offers a brief, non-specialist introduction to Polish history, from medieval times to the present day, and is the only short history of Poland available in English. It concentrates essentially on political development which, particularly for the pre-nineteenth-century period, still remains little known to English readers. The book also includes much material on relations with Germany, Russia, the Ukraine, Lithuania, and other neighbouring states.
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The Romans never conquered Poland: a source of pride to its first native chronicler, Bishop Vincent of Krakow, writing around 1200, but a nuisance to the modern historian. Read the first page
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The Romans never conquered Poland: a source of pride to its first native chronicler, Bishop Vincent of Krakow, writing around 1200, but a nuisance to the modern historian. Read the first page
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