Poland, 1918-1945

Name: Poland, 1918-1945
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Poland, 1918-1945An Interpretive and Documentary History of the Second Republic\nAuthor(s): Peter Stachura\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415343572, 978-0415343572\nSynopsis\nBased on extensive range of Polish, British, German, Jewish and Ukranian primary and secondary sources, this work provides an objective appraisal of the inter-war period.\n\nPeter Stachura demonstrates how the Republic overcame giant obstacles at home and abroad to achieve consolidation as an independent state in the early 1920s, made relative economic progress, created a coherent social order, produced an outstanding cultural scene, advanced educational opportunity, and adopted constructive and even-handed policies towards its ethnic minorities.\n\nWithout denying the defeats suffered by the Republic, Peter Stachura demonstrates that the fate of Poland after 1945, with the imposition of an unwanted, Soviet-dominated Communist system, was .