Lech Waesa and His Poland

by Mary Craig and Mary A. Craig

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826403905
• ISBN13: 9780826403902
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Contains Deep Threads of Historical Truth

Numerous facts in this book relate to Poland's past, and prove prophetic to more recent times. For instance, Craig discusses the nomenklatura. These are the Communist officials who assumed positions of power under Soviet domination, and took advantage of their positions for personal, often corrupt ends. It was this group that was most threatened by the emergence of the Solidarity movement, and the eventual fall of Communism. Unfortunately, subsequent events were to prove that the nomenklatura merely morphed into the "postCommunists" who currently rule Poland. This book also discusses how the people resisted Communist indoctrination, notably the attacks on religion on ostensible scientific grounds. It is ironic that the working class and peasants, reputedly the pillars of Communist revolution, ended up playing a lead role in the opposition to Communist ideology.