Ash, Timothy G. The Polish Revolution: Solidarity.

Brandys, Kazimierz. A Warsaw Diary: 1978-1981.
Feel the atmosphere of life in Poland just before martial law.

Davies, Norman.

• Heart of Europe: A Short History of Poland
• God's Playground

Both classic histories, invaluable background.

Gross, Jan Tomasz & Gross-Grudzinska, Irena. War Through Children's Eyes - The Soviet Occupation of Poland and the Deportations, 1939-1941

Hersey, John. The Wall.
Classic recreation of the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto.

Kennedy, David. Citizen Diplomacy: Responding to Questions About America.
Collection of more than sixty questions frequently asked about America, with sample responses that are informative, balanced, and nonconfrontational.

Michta, Andrew. Red Eagle - The Army in Polish Politics, 1944-1988.

ichener, James. Poland.
History -- often tragic -- sweeps across the “crossroads of Europe” in this colorful novel.

Milosz, Czeslaw.

• The Seizure of Power. A novel by the Nobel prizewinner, based on actual characters of the period following 1944.
• The Issa Valley. A lyrical account of boyhood in pre-war Poland: nature, village life, family.

Rachwald, Arthur. In Search of Poland - The Superpowers' Response to Solidarity, 1980-1989.

Singer, Isaac B.

• A Day of Pleasure. Warsaw in the early years of this century.
• The Manor. Historical novel, set between the insurrection of 1863 and the end
  of the Century.

Also, be sure to look over our reading lists on Eastern Europe and the Holocaust.

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