Title: The soldier and the nation : the role of the military in Polish politics, 1918-1985 /
Authors: Wiatr, Jerzy J.
Publisher: Westview Press,
Year: 1988
Subjects: Civil-military relations Poland History; Poland Politics and government; Poland Politics and government; Poland Politics and government; Poland Politics and government
Contents: Part One The Role of the Military in the Second Polish Republic -- Polonia Restituta -- Marshal Pilsudski and the Polish Army -- The Crisis of Parlimentary Government -- The Coup d'Etat -- The Military in Power Versus the Democratic Opposition -- General Skiorski's Government-in-Exile -- Part Two the Military and the Party, 1944-1985 -- The Armed Forces and Politics -- The Public Image of the Military in Postwar Poland -- The role of the Military in a Crisis Situation: General Jaruzelski's Government in 1981 -- From Martial Law to Political.