{"product_id":"the-collapse-of-communist-power-jacqueline-hayden-9780415368056","title":"The Collapse of Communist Power in Poland: Strategic Misperceptions and Unanticipated Outcomes","description":"\u003cp\u003eBased on extensive original research, including interviews with key participants, this book investigates the sudden and unforeseen collapse of communist power in Poland in 1989. It sets out the sequence of events, and examines the strategies of the various political groupings prior to the partially free election of June 1989. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume argues that the specific negotiating strategies adopted by the communist party representatives in the Round Table discussions before the elections was a key factor in communism's collapse. The book shows that on many occasions, PZPR decision-makers ignored expert advice, and many Round Table bargains went against the party's best interests. Using in-depth interviews with major party players, including General Jaruzelski, General Kiszczak and Mieczyslaw Rakowski, as well as Solidarity advisors such as Adam Michnik, the text provides a unique source of first-hand accounts of Poland's revolutionary drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacqueline Hayden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415368057\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415368056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/21\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.84h x 6.30w x 0.65d","brand":"Jacqueline Hayden","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086595207423,"sku":"9780415368056","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_300284a1-5ed0-4be9-b41f-66416f02c001.jpg?v=1769095590","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-collapse-of-communist-power-jacqueline-hayden-9780415368056","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}