The Solidarity Movement and Perspectives on the Last Decade of the Cold War The Solidarity Movement and Perspectives on the Last Decade of the Cold War Edited by Lee Trepanier, Spasimir Domaradzki and Jaclyn Stanke Editorial Council Klemens Budzowski, Maria Kapiszewska, Zbigniew Maciąg, Jacek Majchrowski Reviewer Łukasz Wordliczek Ph.D. Copyright© by Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University Krakow 2010 Cover design Joanna Sroka ISBN: 978-83-7571-136-3 All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication or its entirety may be reproduced, transmitted or stored in any manner that allows repeated use in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, copying, recording or other without the express written permission of copyright owners. Commissioned by Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University www.ka.edu.pl Publisher Krakow Society for Education: AFM Publishing House (Krakowskie Towarzystwo Edukacyjne sp. z o.o. - Oficyna Wydawnicza AFM; e-mail:
[email protected]) Kraków 2010 Print Eikon Plus The publication of this volume was finacially supported by the U.S. Consulate General in Krakow and the Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University Table of Contents Jaclyn Stanke Introduction......................................................................................................................7 Spasimir Domaradzki The Paradox of Solidarity from a Thirty Years Perspective...................................... 13 Mark Kramer The Soviet Union, the Warsaw Pact, and the Polish Crisis of 1980-1981............27 Maryna Bessonova Soviet Attitudes Towards