The Solidarity Challenge: Poland 1980-81, an Australian Diary

by John Burgess

Book Overview

Late in September 1980, John Burgess arrived in Poland to head up the Australian Embassy in Warsaw. Little did he realise that he would witness major developments leading eventually to the end of communism in Poland and elsewhere in Eastern Europe, and dissolution of the Soviet Union. This book tells the story which Ambassador Burgess was able to witness personally at close quarters, from the emergence of the independent trade union, Solidarity,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1925826473
• ISBN13: 9781925826470
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Connor Court Publishing Pty Ltd
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"