Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Poland Under Occupation: 1941-1942 1943: The Breakthrough 1944: The Soviet Entry into Poland The Liberation of Poland The Establishment of Communist Control in Poland: 1944-1947 The Opposition The Unwanted: The Creation of a Nation State Towards a Communist Government Conclusion Bibliography

About the Author

Anita J. Prazmowska is Senior Lecturer in International History at the London School of Economics. She is the author of Britain, Poland and the Eastern Front (Cambridge University Press, 1987), Britain and Poland 1939-1943 (Cambridge University Press, 1995) and Eastern Europe and the Origins of the Second World War (Palgrave Macmillan, 2000).