Poland and european integration: the ideas and movements of polish exiles in the west, 1939-91

Today's Euroscepticism contrasts sharply with the idealism of the thousands of Poles thrust out of their country after 1939 by war, occupation and communism. How could a future Poland find security and progress, but by membership in a union of European states? This book explores how Poles in exile attempted toshape opinion in Poland and the West. INDICE: Introduction - Concepts of Europe in a Polish Political Tradition - A Fine Idea - A Predictable Failure - Creating a Movement - Great Expectations - Thwarted Plans - The Union of Polish Federalists - European Ideas of Polish Political Parties - Liberation, Détente and European Union - War of Ideas -Poland's European Policy after Communism: Continuity and Change - Endnotes - Bibliography - Index

• ISBN: 978-0-230-22937-2
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 320
• Fecha Publicación: 08/07/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés