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Anita Prazmowska is Professor of International History at the

London School of Economics. Her other books include Civil War in

Poland, 1942–1948, Poland and the Eastern Front, Britain and Poland 1939–

1943: The Betrayed Ally, A History of Poland and Wladyslaw Gomulka

(forthcoming, I.B.Tauris).

I dedicate this book to my daughter Miriam who has been my

companion and a constant source of happiness.

POLAND

A MODERN

HISTORY

Anita Pra zmowska

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