Political History of Poland in the 20-th Century 2104-L-D1HPXX

1. The Struggle for Poland, 1918-1921. Poland and its Neighbors, 1918-1921.
2.The Rebirth of the Polish State 1914-1918. Twenty Years of Independence (1918-1939). Domestic Politics. Concept of Dmowski and Piłsudski).
3. Polish foreign Policy 1918-1839
4. Poland in the Second World War (1939-1945). Captivity and Struggle. The Underground State: Politicians and Politics. The Warsaw Uprising and the Road to Defeat.
5. The New Reality: Communists Establish a Base Camp (PKWN, Provisional Government, Provisional Government, of National Unity).
6. Polish foreign Policy-Moscow’s direct sphere of influence.
7.Polish Stalinism
-the Stalinist system
- the Cominform and the new Course. Cold War: the first Skirmishes.
-Agriculture: absolute priority to forced collectivization.
-cultural revolution
8. The crisis of 1956 (Polish “spring” in October and Polish “national communism”). France towards the Polish October.
9. Poland of Gomułka- the Polish Road to Socialism
-the “Destalinization”
-“polish” foreign policy – international disarmament-and so-called Rapacki Plan (polish plan for creating a nuclear – free zone on the territories of Poland, czechoslovakia, and two German Republics) and the gomulka Plan.
-the visit of general de Gaulle (in september 1967)
- the Domestic Politics –Poland’s fundamental economic malaise
10. Poland of Gierek:
-Real socialism: “La Belle Epoque”. The strategy of accelerated development. Vision of “consumer socialism”.
-the Leading force.
--“polish” foreign policy” –between Helsinki and Kabul
-the german “problem” in polish-french relations in the period of Georges pompidou and Valéry Giscard d’Estaing.
- “behind the facade” KOR, ROPCiO, KPN
11. A hot Summer 1980 and Poland of the Solidarity. The first hundred days.
12. The Martial Law in Poland. The long March- War and Peace.
13. Poland in 80.
14.The Round Table. Poland after communism.