Solidarity for a While: The Fading Away of a Liberation Movement
Solidarity for a While: The Fading Away of a Liberation Movement
Author(s): Owen V. JohnsonSubject(s): Political history, Government/Political systems, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), History of Communism, Post-Communist Transformation, Book-Review
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: Political history; communism; collapse of communism; post-communist transition; Poland; Europe; book review;
Summary/Abstract: The review of: 1) Triggering Communism’s Collapse: Perceptions and Power in Poland’s Transition by Marjorie Castle. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003, pp. x + 245, ISBN 0-7425-2517-7, $65 (hardback), $32.95 (paper). 2) The Defeat of Solidarity: Anger and Politics in Postcommunist Europe by David Ost. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2005, pp. ix + 238, ISBN 0-9014-4318-0, $39.95. 3) Solidarity’s Secret: The Women Who Defeated Communism in Poland by Shana Penn. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2005, pp. xvii + 372, ISBN 0-472-11385-2, $34.95.
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 19/2005
- Issue No: 04
- Page Range: 717-729
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English
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