The Birth of Solidarity

by A. Kemp-Welch and A.Kemp- Welch

This book describes the origins and birth of Solidarity in 1980, its rebirth in 1989, and the formation of a Solidarity government. This second edition is now enlarged to include fresh documentation of the 1980 strike, a further mmoire on the experts' role 'behind the scenes', and an entirely new chapter 'From Gdansk to Government'. Taken together, the analysis and documentation provide a permanent record of Eastern Europe's first breakthrough into...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333539796
• ISBN13: 9780333539798
• Release Date: August 1991
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 261 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"