Contents

pp v-vi

Preface

pp vii-xiv

Abbreviations

pp xv-xvi

Part 1 - The Beginning

pp 1-2

1 - Poland—“The Weakest Link”

pp 3-10

2 - The Solidarity Revolution: Act One, 1980–81

pp 11-20

3 - “Defend Socialism as If It Were Poland’s Independence”

pp 21-32

Part 2 - The Attack

pp 33-34

4 - The Last Days Before

pp 35-53

5 - “Night of the General” and Day One

pp 54-71

6 - Breakthrough

pp 72-96

7 - Reprisals and the Public Mood

pp 97-120

8 - The World Looks On

pp 121-132

9 - Battle Over

pp 133-136

Part 3 - Counterattack

pp 137-138

10 - Operation “Renaissance” and Lech Wałęsa

pp 139-154

11 - Underground

pp 155-172

12 - Civil Resistance

pp 173-185

13 - “The Anesthetic Has Worn Off”

pp 186-202

14 - The End of the Campaign and Wałęsa’s Release

pp 203-220

Part 4 - Toward Positional Warfare

pp 221-222

15 - The Church between Eternity and Solidarity

pp 223-236

16 - Independent Society

pp 237-257

17 - The Party Returns to the Ring

pp 258-269

18 - The End of Martial Law

pp 270-280

Part 5 - Endgame

pp 281-282

19 - Solidarity’s Revolution: The Finale, 1988–89

pp 283-299

20 - Escape from the Soviet Bloc and the Fall of the Empire

pp 300-313

Conclusion: The Decade of Struggle and Its Legacy

pp 314-322