the ideas and movements of Polish exiles in the West, 1939-91 /
First Statement of Responsibility
Thomas Lane, Marian Wolański.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
viii, 311 pages ;
Dimensions
23 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-297) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Concepts of Europe in a Polish political tradition -- A fine idea -- A predictable failure -- Creating a movement -- Great expectations -- Thwarted plans -- The union of Polish federalists -- European ideas of Polish political parties -- Liberation, détente and European Union -- War of ideas -- Poland's European policy after communism : continuity and change.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Today's Euroscepticism contrasts with the idealism of the thousands of Poles thrust out of their country after 1939 by war, occupation and communism. How could a future Poland find security and progress, but by membership in a union of European states? This text explores how Poles in exile shaped opinion in Poland and the West.