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BEZPIECZEŃSTWO POLSKI W OKRESIE ZIMNEJ WOJNY
POLAND’S SECURITY DURING THE COLD WAR

Author(s): Bogdan Koszel
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Poland; secuirty; cold war

Summary/Abstract: Yalta-Potsdam system emerged from World War II turned Poland into the orbit of the Soviet Union. It was economically dependent (CMEA) and the military-political (the Warsaw Pact) from the eastern neighbor. Taken attempts too independent to strengthen Polish security (Rapacki Plan, Gomulka Plan, Polish-German Agreement of December 1970) ended in failure. Martial law in 1981, the international isolation deepened in Polish and also became addicted to from Moscow. Moving away from confrontation between East and West at the end of the years 80. resulted in the signing of the border treaty with Germany (1990) and the reorientation of the Polish on the cooperation with the Western World.

  • Issue Year: V/2015
  • Issue No: 8
  • Page Range: 65-80
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish