{"product_id":"the-polish-august-9781448206391","title":"The Polish August","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat has happened in Poland? Poland has erupted four times in the last twenty five years, but only the events of 1980 have had comprehensive media coverage. As a result, many questions have been raised in the minds of Western observers. How were such changes possible? What forces lay behind them? In what way did the workers' strike relate to the demands for political democracy? Although a colourful and vivid eye-witness account of the 1980 upheavals, it is to these questions that Neal Ascherson's brilliant and thoughtful analysis mainly addresses itself. Viewing the situation in perspective, he argues that the Polish working class has brought about a controlled revolution, but is not intent on taking power for itself: the real heirs to the gains of 1980 and 1981 are likely to be the intelligentsia, in or out of the Communist Party. It is this social and political ferment that poses fundamental questions about the future of the whole Soviet system in Eastern Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Neal Ascherson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Reader\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.91d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781448206391\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Neal Ascherson\u003c\/b\u003e (born October 5, 1932) is a Scottish journalist and writer. He was born in Edinburgh and educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge, where he read history. He was described by the historian Eric Hobsbawm as \"perhaps the most brilliant student I ever had. I didn't really teach him much, I just let him get on with it.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter graduating with a starred First, he declined offers to pursue an academic career. Instead, he chose a career in journalism, first at the Manchester Guardian and then at \u003ci\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/i\u003e (1959-1960), \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e (1960-1990) and the \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e (1990-1998). He contributed scripts for the 1974 documentary series \u003ci\u003eWorld at War\u003c\/i\u003e and the 1998 series\u003ci\u003e The Cold War.\u003c\/i\u003e In recent years, he has also been a regular contributor to the London Review of Books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Reader","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44906792714355,"sku":"9781448206391","price":32.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_37179b68-5d7b-43b3-9512-32972c084e91.jpg?v=1777479682","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-polish-august-9781448206391","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}