The second edition of this guide to Poland has been updated to take account ofthe years from 19892005. This period marked its liberation from the SovietUnion th... » 

The second edition of this guide to Poland has been updated to take account ofthe years from 19892005. This period marked its liberation from the SovietUnion the birth of Polands Third Republic and recently its accession tothe European Union in 2004. Polands history has been marked by its resilience.Once a dominant force in central and eastern Europe and home to a remarkableexperiment in consensual politics it was excised from the map by itsneighbours in 1795. Resurrected in 1918 partitioned afresh during the SecondWorld War it survived to become a satellite of the Soviet Union. Yet in the1980s it was Poland which blazed the trail in casting off communism and wasfinally able to reassert its Christian heritage. With its updated bibliographyand new chronology the book is the ideal companion for all looking for acomprehensive survey of this fascinating country. «