CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS ix
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. PART I. Political Idealism and Political Realism
6. 1. THE EARLY POLITICAL REALISM 7
7. 2. THE DECLINE OF POLITICAL REALISM 19
8. 3. POLITICAL IDEALISM 31
9. 4. THE RISE OF COMMUNISM 52
10. 5. THE REVIVAL OF POLITICAL REALISM 71
11. 6. THE TRIUMPH OF POLITICAL REALISM 86
12. PART II. Political Realism and Communism
13. 7. GOMULKA'S POLITICAL PROGRAM 107
14. 8. POLAND AND THE SOVIET UNION 122
15. 9. GOMUŁKA AND THE POLISH PEOPLE 158
16. 10. THE COMMUNIST PARTY AND ITS ALLIES 178
17. 11. THE PAX GROUP 213
18. 12. THE ZNAK GROUP 232
19. 13. POLITICAL IDEALISM AND POLITICAL REALISM: THE SYNTHESIS 252
20. NOTES 269
21. BIBLIOGRAPHY 293
22. INDEX 305