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Poland-Israel 1944–1968: In the Shadow of the Past and of the Soviet Union, Bożena Szaynok, translated by Dominika Ferens

This  is  the  English  translation  of  the  innovative  work  “Z  historią i Moskwą w tle. Polska a Izrael 1944–1968”, devoted to the examination and description of the position of the Jewish state in the foreign policy of Poland from its establishment in 1948 until the severing of diplomatic relations in June 1967.
ISBN 978-83-7629-339-4; The Institute of National Remembrance, 2012,
A5 format, hardback

CONTENTS

Introduction
1. “A State on the Road”: Poland and the Project of Establishing the Jewish State, 1945–1946
2. At the United Nations
3. From Spring to Winter: Poland and Israel, May 1948–January 1949
4. The Beginnings of “the Struggle against Zionism” (1949–1951)
5. Poland versus the “Spy Network of American Imperialism in the Middle East” (1950–1953)
6. The “Thaw” (1954–1956)
7. Emigration (1956–1957)
8. Normalization (1956–1962)
9. The “Thaw” and Normalization at the Polish Diplomatic Post in Israel
10. “Jarring Overtones in a Stiff and Urbane Atmosphere:” The Embassies (1962–1967)
11. June 1967
12. “Israel” at the Time of the March Events (1968)
Conclusion
List of Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index

Poland-Israel 1944–1968: In the Shadow of the Past and of the Soviet Union, Bożena Szaynok, translated by Dominika Ferens


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