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  • The Soldier And The Nation: The Role Of The Military In Polish Politics, 19181985

    The Soldier And The Nation by Wiatr, Jerzy J;

    The Role Of The Military In Polish Politics, 19181985

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    Product details:

    • Edition number 1
    • Publisher Routledge
    • Date of Publication 31 October 2024

    • ISBN 9780367311353
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages224 pages
    • Size 229x152 mm
    • Weight 453 g
    • Language English
    • 608

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    Short description:

    The book combines a historical/political-culture approach with a mixture of party institutional and group theory analysis. Wiatr makes skillful use of Western sources as well as Polish public. opinion surveys to support his interpretations.

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    Long description:

    Jerzy J. Wiatr's book, The Soldier and the Nation: The Role of theMilitary in Polish Politics, 1918-1985, will undoubtedly be controversial. It is the interpretation of an insider whose uncle was a Polish general, who worked as a civilian sociologist at the Military Political College in Warsaw in the 1950s, and who is thoroughly familiar with the

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    Table of Contents:

    Foreword -- Introduction -- The Role of the Military in the Second Polish Republic -- Polonia Restituta -- Marshal Pilsudski and the Polish Army -- The Crisis of Parliamentary Government -- The Coup d'Etat -- The Military in Power Versus the Democratic Opposition -- General Sikorski's Government-in-Exile, 1939–1943 -- The Military and the Party, 1944–1985 -- The Armed Forces and Politics, 1944–1980 -- The Public Image of the Military in Postwar Poland -- The Role of the Military in a Crisis Situation: General Jaruzelski's Government in 1981 -- From Martial Law to Political Restabilization, 1982–1985 -- Conclusion

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