The Soviet-Polish peace of 1921 and the creation of interwar Europe
| Titel: | The Soviet-Polish peace of 1921 and the creation of interwar Europe / Jerzy Borze̜cki |
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| Veröffentlicht: | New Haven [u.a.] : Yale University Press, c2008 |
| Umfang: | XV, 401 S. : Ill., Kt. |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| ISBN: | 9780300121216 ; 0300121210 |
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X
- Acknowledgments
- p. XI
- Introduction
- p. XIII
- Chapter I
- Early Diplomatic Contacts
- p. 1
- The Borderlands and Their Inhabitants
- p. 1
- First Diplomatic Contacts
- p. 4
- The Outbreak of War
- p. 8
- Soviet National Republics in the Borderlands
- p. 14
- The Wieckowski Mission
- p. 19
- Chapter II
- Failed Negotiations
- p. 23
- The Polish Offensives of 1919
- p. 23
- Polish Federalism
- p. 27
- The Markhlevskii Missions
- p. 36
- Chapter III
- Official Soviet Peace Offers
- p. 46
- The Polish-Latvian Offensive in Latgalia
- p. 46
- The First Soviet Peace Offer
- p. 47
- The Second Soviet Peace Offer
- p. 48
- Soviet Preparations for a Spring Offensive
- p. 51
- The Polish Peace Terms
- p. 53
- The Soviet Reaction
- p. 56
- Pilsudski's Quest for Borderlands Allies
- p. 57
- Soviet Countermoves
- p. 61
- The Polish Spring Offensive against Kiev
- p. 63
- Chapter IV
- The Minsk Negotiations
- p. 69
- The Limited Soviet Offensive in Belarus
- p. 69
- Poland, Autonomous Belarus, and Allied Ukraine
- p. 70
- The Soviet Minor Offensive in Ukraine
- p. 72
- The Soviets and the Ukrainian Issue
- p. 73
- The Soviet Major Offensive in Belarus
- p. 74
- The Spa Agreement
- p. 76
- The Curzon Note
- p. 79
- Soviet Peace Treaties with Lithuania and Latvia
- p. 82
- The Reestablishment of Soviet Belarus
- p. 84
- Soviet Military Successes and Strategic Errors
- p. 85
- Soviet Diplomatic Delays and Peace Proposals
- p. 88
- The Battle of Warsaw
- p. 94
- The Minsk Peace Conference
- p. 96
- Chapter V
- Preliminary Peace Negotiations: Difficulties
- p. 105
- The Battle of the Niemen
- p. 105
- The Instructions for the Polish Peace Delegation
- p. 106
- The Peace Delegations in Riga
- p. 111
- Soviet Preparations for the Riga Negotiations
- p. 115
- The Beginning of Negotiations and the VTsIK Declaration
- p. 121
- Ioffe's Draft of the Preliminary Peace
- p. 125
- Chapter VI
- Preliminary Peace Negotiations: Breakthrough
- p. 130
- The First Confidential Meeting
- p. 130
- Polish Territorial Terms
- p. 133
- The Understanding of 5 October
- p. 136
- General Zeligowski's Capture of Wilno
- p. 140
- The Final Polish Offensive
- p. 141
- The Drafting of the Preliminary Peace Treaty and the Armistice
- p. 143
- The Terms of the Preliminary Peace and the Armistice
- p. 147
- Chapter VII
- Definitive Peace Negotiations: Difficulties
- p. 155
- The Final Defeat of Poland's Ukrainian and Belarusian Allies
- p. 155
- The Failure of Federalism in Central Lithuania
- p. 158
- Recess and New Delegations
- p. 159
- Mutual Accusations
- p. 162
- Ioffe Shores Up Dabski's Position
- p. 168
- The Wilno Issue: The Soviets Oppose International Involvement
- p. 170
- Stalemate in the Commissions and Ioffe's Frustration with Moscow
- p. 173
- Chapter VIII
- Definitive Peace Negotiations: Crisis and Breakthrough
- p. 185
- Lithuania and Belarus: The Soviet Dilemma
- p. 185
- The Treatment of Prisoners of War
- p. 187
- Distrust and Tension
- p. 189
- The Gold Reserves Issue: Continued Stalemate
- p. 191
- The Soviet Note to Lithuania
- p. 195
- The Crisis of the Negotiations
- p. 199
- Chicherin's Struggle with the Moscow Specialists
- p. 202
- Continued Crisis in Riga
- p. 204
- The Breakthrough
- p. 207
- Krasin's Payment Schemes
- p. 210
- The Agreement on Repatriation
- p. 216
- Agreement on the Remaining Issues
- p. 217
- Moscow's Attempt to Delay the Signing
- p. 218
- The Definitive Peace
- p. 220
- Chapter IX
- The Implementation of the Peace Treaty
- p. 230
- Accusations and Delays
- p. 230
- Repatriation
- p. 239
- Marking the Border
- p. 246
- Reevacuation of Property
- p. 249
- Return and Reevacuation of Cultural Treasures
- p. 258
- Settlement of Accounts
- p. 266
- The Gold Reserves Issue and Soviet Fulfillment of the Treaty
- p. 268
- Epilogue
- p. 275
- Maps
- p. 283
- Polish and Russian Pronunciation
- p. 295
- Geographical Terms
- p. 299
- List of Abbreviations
- p. 303
- Notes
- p. 307
- Index
- p. 389
