Poland between the Wars, 1918-1939

This collection of essays presents challenging and frequently revisionist views on a variety of central and controversial topics relating to the history of the inter-war Polish Republic. They include an analysis of its historiography; bitter dispute with Germany over the region off Upper Silesia in the early postwar years; its sense of national identity and attitudes of its large ethnic minorities, notably the Ukrainians, Germans and Jews; the wider significance of the famous Polish victory over the Red Army at the Battle of Warsaw in 1920; the role of the press and its relationship with government; and the nature and extent of its defense preparations on the eve of the Second World War. This lucidly-written volume makes an important and compelling contribution to a crucial era of Poland's recent history.