The Polish Crisis and Relations with Eastern Europe, 1979-1982 - Documents on British Policy Overseas, Series III, Volume X (Hardcover)

This volume presents a collection of diplomatic documents describing Britain's relations with Eastern Europe from 1979 to 1982, with special focus on the crisis in Poland. After coming to power in 1979, the Conservative Government of Margaret Thatcher reaffirmed a policy of 'differentiation' between the Soviet Union and the rest of Eastern Europe, and between individual countries; concurrently it encouraged states to exercise a limited amount of independence. This policy was soon put to the test when in 1980 Solidarnosc, the Solidarity trade union led by Lech Walesa, challenged the power of the Party state in Poland. Political demands, social unrest and economic crisis culminated in the imposition of martial law in December 1981, finally suspended in December 1982. The volume maps the UK response, in consultation with Western partners, to the unfolding crisis in Poland, the threat of Soviet intervention and the impact on other Communist states in Europe. The volume also provides a flavour of bilateral UK relations with Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Romania and Yugoslavia; highlighting themes such as human rights and trade. This volume will be of great interest to students of British Politics, Eastern European Politics, Cold War History, Diplomacy Studies and International Relations in general.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Whitehall Histories
Release date:	March 2017
First published:	2017
Editors:	Isabelle Tombs • Richard Smith
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	526
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-68878-0
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Peace studies > General Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Other warfare & defence issues > Arms negotiation & control Books > History > British & Irish history > General
LSN:	1-138-68878-9
Barcode:	9781138688780

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