Format:
Online-Ressource (416 S.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 1983
Content:
Main description: The author explores a variety of questions related to General Sikorski's policies, such as his effort to maintain an independent Polish Arms' in the Soviet Union. Drawing on extensive British, American, and Polish archives, her work describes the defeat of a radical solution to the perennial instability of Central Europe.Originally published in 1983.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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FrontmatterContentsMapsPrefaceNote on Geographical TermsI. IntroductionII. The Burden of HistoryIII. The Unlikely IconoclastIV. Sikorski's Russian GambitV. Toward a New Central EuropeVI. The Eastern Boundary: Encounter with NecessityVII. Synthesis: The Precarious BalanceVIII. Setting for DisasterIX. Retreat from RapprochementX. Boundary Politics: East versus WestXI. The Consequences of FailureEpilogue. Sikorski: Realist or Visionary?Bibliographical EssaySelected BibliographyIndex.
Additional Edition:
9781400857173
Additional Edition:
Print version Poland's place in Europe : General Sikorski and the origin of the Oder-Neisse line, 1939-1943
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781400857173
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