ABSTRACT

First published in 1994. This book offers the reader a first-hand account of the people who have been central to Poland’s transformation since the early 1980s. With interviews of main actors: Lech Walesa, Wojciech Jaruzelski and leaders of Solidarity. Also observed and covered are the Gdansk shipyard strikes, martial law, a move towards democracy from Communism and the Round Table talks of 1989.

chapter 1|16 pages

Regina’s Story

chapter 2|36 pages

The Strikers

chapter 3|22 pages

Reluctant Heroism

Jan and Krystyna Litynski

chapter 4|15 pages

Paper Resistance

Zbigniew Bujak and the Underground

chapter 5|12 pages

The Round Table Talks

The ‘Controlled Operation’ that Went Wrong

chapter 6|15 pages

Pluralism at Gunpoint

chapter 7|14 pages

More Circus than Bread

chapter 8|15 pages

General Wojciech Jaruzelski

Polish Patriot or Traitor?

chapter 9|14 pages

Janusz Onyszkiewicz

Poacher Turned Gamekeeper

chapter 10|17 pages

And he shall Reign for Ever and Ever

chapter 11|15 pages

Lech Walesa

The not so Reluctant Hero?

chapter 12|13 pages

The People’s Verdict