The Collapse of Communist Power in Poland: Strategic Misperceptions and Unanticipated Outcomes

by Jacqueline Hayden

Book Overview

Based on extensive original research, including interviews with key participants, this book investigates the sudden and unforeseen collapse of communist power in Poland in 1989. It sets out the sequence of events, and examines the strategies of the various political groupings prior to the partially free election of June 1989.

This volume argues that the specific negotiating strategies adopted by the communist party representatives in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415368057
• ISBN13: 9780415368056
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 8.8"