{"product_id":"the-polish-revolution-solidarity-paperback","title":"The Polish Revolution: Solidarity - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTimothy Garton Ash\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the most brilliant and illuminating interpreters of modern eastern Europe . . . a wonderfully vivid writer . . . He reaches the parts that others do not reach.\"--Richard Davy, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The best single account of what happened--and why.\"--\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe definitive account of Solidarity's spectacular rise and tragic fall . . . a book to set the record straight . . . amply documented, indispensable.\"--John Darnton, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA brilliant eyewitness and analyst, Timothy Garton Ash in this book offers a gripping account of the Polish shipyard workers who defied their communist rulers in 1980. He describes the emergence of the improbable leader Lech Walesa, the ensuing tumult that culminated in martial law, and--for this updated edition--the fate of the Solidarity movement in subsequent years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimothy Garton Ash \u003c\/b\u003eis a fellow of St. Antony's College, Oxford, and of the Hoover Institution, Stanford. He is the author of acclaimed works of contemporary history including \u003ci\u003eThe Uses of Adversity, The File: A Personal History, We the People, \u003c\/i\u003ehis personal account of the revolutions of 1989, which has been translated into fifteen languages, and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eHistory of the Present.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.23 x 7.84 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 11, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42744760893503,"sku":"9780300095685","price":75.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a186a17475dc674fd9018e174580ea18.webp?v=1765169354","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-polish-revolution-solidarity-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}