The Polish Crisis and Relations with Eastern Europe, 1979-1982: Documents on British Policy Overseas,...

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Isabelle Tombs Richard Smith

The Polish Crisis and Relations with Eastern Europe, 1979-1982

Documents on British Policy Overseas, Series III, Volume X

Isabelle Tombs, Richard Smith

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Routledge
01 March 2017

Peace studies & conflict resolution; British & Irish history; Arms negotiation & control

Series: Whitehall Histories

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 Solidarność, the Solidarity trade union led by Lech Wałęsa, 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.

Edited by: Isabelle Tombs, Richard Smith
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 3
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 850g
ISBN: 9781138688780
ISBN 10: 1138688789
Series: Whitehall Histories
Pages: 526
Publication Date: 01 March 2017
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface I: ‘Differentiation’ and the emergence of Solidarity: 18 September 1979 — 10 December 1981 II: The imposition of martial law in Poland: 13 December 1981 — 23 December 1982

Isabelle Tombs is former Historian at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Richard Smith is Senior Historian at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.