Andrzej Paczkowski

Jean-Louis Panné

Jean-Louis Margolin

Stéphane Courtois

Karel Bartosek

Nicolas Werth

Collects and analyzes seventy years of communist crimes that offer details on Kim Sung's Korea, Vietnam under "Uncle Ho," and Cuba under Castro.

Crimes, Terror, Repression

The Black Book of Communism

Stanisław Mikołajczyk

zarys biografii politycznej

Stanisław Mikołajczyk, czyli, Klęska realisty

Zbigniew Kowalewski

polskie wyprawy alpinistyczne

Himalaje

Publicado originalmente en 1997 (la española fue la primera traducción mundial), denostado injustificadamente y desaparecido hace tiempo de las librerías, este Libro negro del comunismo es una historia de los horrores que la aplicación de esa ideología ha generado en el mundo desde 1917. Desde la instauración del primer estado totalitario de la historia, a raíz de la revolución bolchevique de octubre de 1917, hasta su triunfo en países como Cuba en 1959, pasando por territorios en que sigue vigente (China, en primer lugar), este libro es un alegato demoledor de los crímenes, el terror y la represión que han acompañado a esta ideología en su difusión por el mundo desde hace más de un siglo. Frente a las críticas recibidas en su momento por su supuesta exageración en la cifra de víctimas, Stéphane Courtois, en nombre del conjunto de autores de la obra, nos dice en el prólogo de esta edición que "las investigaciones realizadas desde 1998 han ratificado las cifras anunciadas en 1997".

Crímenes, terror, represión

El libro negro del comunismo

Prasa polska w latach 1918-1939

Wojciech Materski

Tomasz Stryjek

Krzysztof Persak

Przemysław Adamczewski

Piotr Madajczyk

Grzegorz Motyka

Konrad Świder

This book contains an overview of many publications by employees of the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw in the field of Eastern studies. We have selected texts on the recent history of Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union and communist rule, as well as contemporary Russia and Polish-Russian relations. By making these available to English-speaking readers, on the one hand, we want to present a small part, due to limited space, of the Eastern studies conducted by the Institute and, on the other, pay tribute to their distinguished representative, Richard Pipes. In 2019, according to the last will of this historian, scholar and sovietologist, who died on 18 May 2018, the Institute received his book collection of over three and a half thousand items, mainly concerning Russia and the Soviet Union. These are works of high scientific rank that the scholar collected for over half a century. Acquiring the book collection was the first step towards establishing the Professor Richard Pipes Laboratory. This was possible thanks to funding obtained by the Institute at the end of 2019 from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education as part of the Dialogue programme.

From past through memory to politics

Poland, Soviet Union, Russia

Malcolm Byrne

95 documents on the events that represent a pivotal moment in modern Polish and world history: 16 months between August 1980 when the Solidarity trade union was founded and December 1981 when Polish authorities declared martial law and crushed the nationwide opposition movement that had grown up around the union. Transcripts of Soviet and Polish Politburo meetings give a detailed picture of the goals, motivations and deliberations of the leaders of these countries. Records of Warsaw Pact gatherings, notes of bilateral sessions of the communist camp provide additional pieces to the puzzle of what Moscow and its allies had in mind. Materials are included from Solidarity, too.

The Polish Crisis of 1980–1981

From Solidarity to Martial Law

Poland and the Poles from Occupation to Freedom

Spring Will Be Ours

Examines the 1980 Solidarity revolution in Poland, the government's subsequent establishment of martial law in response, in 1981, and the eventual transition to democracy in 1989.

Solidarity, Martial Law, and the End of Communism in Europe

Revolution and Counterrevolution in Poland, 1980-1989

Gregory F. Domber

Magdalena Klotzbach

Presents 95 documents on the months between Au. 1980 when Solidarity was founded and Dec. 1981 when Polish authorities declared martial law and crushed the opposition movement.

The Polish Crisis of 1980-1981 : a Documentary History

Andrzej Paczkowski

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