Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. ONE. Introduction 3
6. Part I. The Demystification of the Party-State
7. Two. Massacre and Memory: Gdansk and Gdynia, 1970 15
8. THREE. The Three-Day Worker Republic: The General Strike in Szczecin 57
9. FOUR. Gierek: The Road to Confrontation 83
10. Part II. The Anatomy of a Democratic Movement
11. FIVE. The Vanguard versus Workers' Self-Government 99
12. Six. Solidarity at the Grass Roots 115
13. SEVEN. Sacred Politics 126
14. EIGHT. The Ideological Origins of Solidarity 155
15. NINE. Fashionable Myths and Proletarian Realities 169
16. Notes 183
17. Bibliography 223
18. Index 243