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RISING '44: THE BATTLE FOR WARSAW
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Author: Norman Davies
Publisher: Macmillan
Year published: 2003
Pagination: 752pp ills.
Condition: Very good in dw.
An account of the two month battle between Polish insurgents of the Home Army and the occupying Germans. It left the city in ruins and caused bitter controversy over the failure of the Allies to rescue the city. This account is highlighted by reminiscences from Polish and German participants, but the bulk relates to the political background and the diplomatic wrangling between the exiled Polish government in London, the Western Allies, and Stalin. The author denounces Stalin for deliberately allowing the non-Communist Home Army to be crushed, the Western Allies for acquiescing and British intellectuals for toeing the Communist line on Poland.