From Solidarity to Martial Law: The Polish Crisis of 1980–1981

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“An important and very revealing contribution to a better understanding of a particularly critical phase in the Cold War. The documents provide a sense of intimacy to the complex interactions between American and Soviet decision makers as well as an insight into the internal Communist debates.” ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI, former U.S. National Security Advisor “This volume puts the pieces together for the last moment of communist control and the start of the end of communism. With a set of documents, it tells the story of the perceptions and misperceptions that made for Solidarity, for martial law, and for communism’s failure. It is the “whodunit” of one of the major events in the Cold War and required reading for anyone who wants to understand how the communists could have so much power and be so out of touch.” PROF. JANE LEFTWICH CURRY, Santa Clara University Co-editor, Poland’s Permanent Revolution ABOUT THE EDITORS ANDRZEJ PACZKOWSKI is a historian and professor at the Institute for Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. MALCOLM BYRNE is Director of Research at the National Security Archive, an independent research organization based at The George Washington University in Washington DC. Central European University Press Budapest – New York Sales and information: ceupress@ceu.hu Website: http://www.ceupress.com From Solidarity to Martial Law ...