Anita Prazmowska provides a wide-ranging survey of Poland's history; from early settlements, through the establishment of the Kingdom of Poland, to the present day modern state. This expanded second edition has been revised throughout in the light of the latest research, and brings the story right up to date. A new Bibliography also features.

ANITA PRAZMOWSKA is Professor of International History at the London School of Economics, UK.

List of Maps
Preface
The Lands that became Poland
The Consolidation of the Polish Kingdom
The Jagiellonian Period
The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Under Foreign Rule
War and Independence: 1914-1939
The Second World War and the Establishment of Communism in Poland
From Communism to Democracy
Further Reading
Index.