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The image of Poland has once again been impressed on European consciousness. Norman Davies begins with the period since 1945, and travels back in time to highlight themes and traditions that have influenced present attitudes. His evocative account reveals Poland as the heart of Europe in more than the geographical sense.

It is a country where Europe's idealogical conflicts are played out in their most acute form: as recent events have emphasized, Poland's fate is of vital concern to European civilisation as a whole. This revised and updated edition tackles and analyses the issues arising from the fall of the Eastern Block, and looks at Poland's future within a political climate of democracy and free market.

Contents:
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the Revised Edition
Maps and Diagrams
Illustrations
A Note on Polish Spelling

Chapter 1. The Legacy of Humiliation: Post-war Poland to the Crisis of the People’s Republic 1944-1983
Chapter 2. The Legacy of Defeat: Poland’s Wartime Experience 1939-1947
Chapter 3. The Legacy of Disenchantment: Poland’s Experiment in Independence 1914-1939
Chapter 4. The Legacy of Spiritual Mastery: Poland During the Partitions 1795-1918
Chapter 5. The Legacy of an Ancient Culture: Poland Before 1975
Chapter 6. Echoes: The Past in Poland’s Present
Chapter 7. Beyond History: Reflections in the mid-1980s
Chapter 8: Liberation 1983-1999
Notes
Appendix 1. Poland’s Rulers
Appendix 2. Genealogical Tables
Appendix 3. Gazetteer
Index