Download or read book Stalinism in Poland, 1944-1956 written by A. Kemp-Welch and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 1999 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between the Nazi occupation and the anti-Communist revolution of 1956, Poland underwent twelve years of Stalinist rule. Using recently-opened archives, historians and social scientists from four countries give the first analysis of the rise and fall of this system. They show the strengths and weaknesses of the Stalinist project for Poland and explore its ambiguous reception by society.