Solidarity: The Great Workers Strike of 1980

by Michael M. Szporer

Book Overview

In the summer of 1980, the eyes of the world turned to the Gdansk shipyard in Poland which suddenly became the nexus of a strike wave that paralyzed the entire country. The Gdansk strike was orchestrated by the members of an underground free trade union that came to be known as Solidarnosc Solidarity]. Despite fears of a violent response from the communist authorities, the strikes spread to more than 800 sites around the country and involved over...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739174878
• ISBN13: 9780739174876
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"