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Liberation of One : The Autobiography of Romuald Spasowski
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- “Preowned Condition - please see all photos and read the description”
- Publication Name
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- ISBN
- 9780156512800
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
0156512807
ISBN-13
9780156512800
eBay Product ID (ePID)
370165
Product Key Features
Book Title
Liberation of One : The Autobiography of Romuald Spasowski-Former Ambassador from Poland to the United States and Highest Ranking Polish Official to Defect to the West
Number of Pages
720 Pages
Language
English
Topic
History & Theory, Political
Publication Year
1987
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.7 in
Item Weight
159.8 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
85-024899
Reviews
When Spasowski, Poland's ambassador to Washington, defected to the U.S. in 1981, his sudden leap to freedom, he shows, capped a gradual disillusionment with communist ideology. This candid, epic autobiography charts his political "awakening" through a career that spanned the roles of intelligence agent, ambassador calling on Peron, Kennedy and Castro, and deputy foreign minister. Spasowski writes that "people's Poland" is a myth; a handful of Warsaw bureaucrats backed by police power and Soviet might control an entire people. But as the dutiful son of an eminent Polish Marxist, the author was slow to change his thinking. Some of the book's most moving sections recreate his adolescent years in Nazi-occupied Poland, where he saw with disbelief that both Russians and Germans persecuted Poles. With ruthless honesty he divulges a love affair that nearly wrecked his marriage. Later sections describe how Solidarity missed opportunities to consolidate its power. Spasowski's odyssey is told with great literary skill and spiked with instructive disclosures about Poland's ruling elite. Photos.
Synopsis
A riveting history of Poland since the war and a startling disclosure of the inner workings of the highest offices in Communist Poland.
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