Rebellious Satellite: Poland 1956

by Maya Latynski and Paweł Machcewicz

Rebellious Satellite: Poland 1956 offers a social history of the mass movements that prompted political change and altered Polish-Soviet relations in 1956 but avoided a Soviet armed response. Pawel Machcewicz focuses on the people's expression of grievances, and even riots--as opposed to "top-level" activities such as internal Communist Party struggles. He carefully depicts the protests that took place in Poznan in June 1956 and across Poland...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804762058
• ISBN13: 9780804762052
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"