Empowering Revolution: America, Poland and the End of the Cold War

In this groundbreaking history, Gregory F. Domber, PhD ’08, shows how both the United States and the Soviet Union vied for influence over Poland’s politically tumultuous steps toward democratic revolution in the 1980s. As the most populous country in Eastern Europe as well as the birthplace of the largest anti-communist dissident movement, Poland is crucial in understanding the end of the Cold War. The book examines American policy toward Poland and its promotion of moderate voices within the opposition, while simultaneously addressing the Soviet and European influences on Poland's revolution in 1989.