A Concise History of Poland

This new edition has been fully updated to reflect recent developments within Poland, Eastern Europe, and the wider world.

List of illustrations and maps; Preface to the third edition; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; A note on Polish pronunciation; Chronology; Part I. Poland, to 1795: 1. Piast Poland, ? -1385; 2. Jagiellonian Poland, 1386-1572; 3. The Commonwealth of the two Nations, 1572-1795; Part II. Poland, after 1795: 4. Challenging the partitions, 1795-1864; 5. An era of transformation, 1864-1914; 6. Independence regained and lost, 1914-45; 7. Communism and the Cold War, 1945-89; 8. A new republic, 1989-; Geneaological charts of Polish rulers; List of heads of state, presidents, Communist Party leaders (1918-2018); Bibliography; Index.