The Polish revolution
| Titel: | The Polish revolution : Solidarity / Timothy Garton Ash |
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| Veröffentlicht: | London : Penguin Books, 1999 |
| Umfang: | XV, 439 S. |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| ISBN: | 0140283900 |
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In August 1980, the Lenin Shipyard workers in Gdansk won the unprecedented right to form independent trades unions in a Communist country. This account describes the strike and the emergence of Lech Walesa as leader. The strike and its ongoing effects in the whole Soviet bloc are analyzed.
