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Based on extensive original research, including interviews with key participants, this book investigates the sudden and unforeseen collapse of communist power in Poland in 1989. It sets out the sequence of events, and examines the strategies of the various political groupings prior to the partially free election of June 1989. This volume argues that the specific negotiating strategies adopted by the communist party representatives in the Round Table discussions before the elections was a key factor in communism's collapse. The book shows that on many occasions, PZPR decision-makers i

Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza. --- Poland --- Politics and government --- Polnische Vereinigte Arbeiterpartei --- Polish United Workers Party --- PZPR --- Polʹskai︠a︡ obʺedinennai︠a︡ rabochai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ --- PORP --- United Polish Workers' Party --- UPWP --- Parti ouvrier unifié polonais --- PVAP --- P.Z.P.R. --- P.O.R.P. --- U.P.W.P. --- P.V.A.P. --- Heniaion Ergatikon Komma tēs Polōnias --- Partido Operário Unificado Polonês --- POUP --- Polish Communist Party --- PUWP --- Polska Partia Socjalistyczna --- Polska Partia Robotnicza --- Socjaldemokracja Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej --- Regional studies --- European history --- Ethnic studies --- Political ideologies --- Marxism & Communism --- round --- table --- process --- jerzy --- wiatr --- janusz --- reykowski --- przeworskis --- hypothesis --- party