{"product_id":"bitter-legacy-polish-american-relations-in-the-wake-of-world-war-ii-9780813192734","title":"Bitter Legacy: Polish-American Relations in the Wake of World War II","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this most timely book, Richard C. Lukas offers the historical perspective that any reader, scholar, or layman needs to grasp the political turmoil in Poland in the decades after World War II. \u003ci\u003eBitter Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e is the first major analysis of Polish-American relations from the Potsdam Conference through the Polish elections of 1947, the critical period during which Poland became a satellite in the Russian sphere. Drawing on an impressive array of primary and secondary sources, a number of which have never been used by scholars before, Lukas shows in detail why and how American policy was never able to reverse the process, begun at the Yalta Conference, that transformed Poland into a communist state. In a clear and unambiguous style, he deftly combines two traditions in the writing of diplomatic history -- one that stresses intergovernmental relations and one that emphasizes domestic concerns and pressures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is a revealing book that adds significantly to our understanding of Polish-American relations and of domestic history in Poland and the United States during this important Cold War phase. It will appeal not only to scholars but also to all those with an interest in Poland's history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eBitter Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e is a sequel to Lukas's earlier volume, \u003ci\u003eThe Strange Allies\u003c\/i\u003e, which has been acclaimed as the best treatment in English of United States-Polish relations during World War II. If offers the same impeccable scholarship and balanced interpretation that characterized Lukas's earlier study.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard C. Lukas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.46d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813192734\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard C. Lukas\u003c\/b\u003e has authored, co-authored, or edited nine books including \u003ci\u003eOut of the Inferno: Poles Remember the Holocaust \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Forgotten Holocaust: The Poles Under German Occupation, 1939-1944\u003c\/i\u003e. Until his retirement, he was adjunct professor of history at the University of South Florida.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Kentucky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":42992869507187,"sku":"9.78081E+12","price":50.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_3bdca4fd-ee69-4e5f-9b29-10a8592d72fe.jpg?v=1744719575","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/bitter-legacy-polish-american-relations-in-the-wake-of-world-war-ii-9780813192734","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}