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Poland by Jaime Reynolds

Research paper thumbnail of Poland 1939-1947: the Politics of Liberation

Part Two deals with the internal struggle for power in Poland during the German occupation and th... more Part Two deals with the internal struggle for power in Poland during the German occupation and the immediate post-war years against the background of Soviet power in Eastern Europe and traces the consolidation of Communist rule up to the elections of 1947.
Chapters:
5 From the KPP to Lublin
6 'Lublin' and 'London', July to December 1944
7 The Spring Crisis and the 'May Turn', January to June 1945 (uploaded)
8 National Unity? June 1945 to February 1946
9 The Democratic Bloc and the Referendum, February to September 1946
10 'A Mighty Lightning Offensive', September 1946 to spring 1947.

Please contact the author jcjreynolds@gmail.com for access to other chapters.

Research paper thumbnail of The Polish Workers' Party and the Opposition to Communist Rule in Poland 1944-47

PhD thesis, London School of Economics & Political Science, completed 1984. Available for downlo... more PhD thesis, London School of Economics & Political Science, completed 1984. Available for download at British Library Ethos site: ethos.bl.uk

Research paper thumbnail of The Working Class and Politics 1929-1945: Poland

Research paper thumbnail of Lublin' versus 'London' — The Party and the Underground Movement in Poland, 1944 -1945

Journal of Contemporary History vol 16 p 617-48, 1981

Analysis of the tactics followed by the Polish Workers' (Communist) Party towards the underground... more Analysis of the tactics followed by the Polish Workers' (Communist) Party towards the underground movement loyal to the Polish Government-in-Exile in London in the period July 1944 to May 1945.

Research paper thumbnail of Book Review:Poland, 1939-1947 John Coutouvidis, Jaime Reynolds

Journal of Modern History, 1989

Research paper thumbnail of Poland 1939-1947

Research paper thumbnail of Poland 1939-1947

International Affairs (Royal Institute of International Affairs 1944-), 1987

Research paper thumbnail of The Polish Workers' Party and the opposition to communist power in Poland, 1944-47

This thesis examines the development of the internal political situation in Poland from the forma... more This thesis examines the development of the internal political situation in Poland from the formation of the Polish Committee of National Liberation in mid-l944 to the consolidation of communist power at the turn of 1946/47. It concentrates in particular on the way the organisations and political strategies of the Polish Workers' Party and the main non-communist forces: the Polish Peasant Party, the Polish Socialist Party , the Catholic political movement and the anti-communist underground evolved during these years. Chapter .One describes the re-establishment of the Polish communist movement from 1941 and the shaping of its strategy of the national front during the period until the Soviet liberation of eastern Poland in 1944. Chapter Two examines the relationship between the communist-led 'Lublin Committee' and the underground movement loyal to the Government-in-Exile in London. It identifies the hardening of the Polish communists' stance towards the underground fro...

Research paper thumbnail of The Party and the Underground Movement

Research paper thumbnail of Communists, socialists and workers: Poland 1944–48

Soviet Studies , Oct 1978

A. Przygonski, Z zagadnień strategii frontu narodowego PPR 1942-43 (Warsaw, 1976), p. 290. The PK... more A. Przygonski, Z zagadnień strategii frontu narodowego PPR 1942-43 (Warsaw, 1976), p. 290. The PKWN Manifesto made no mention of workers' councils, while laying great stress on the need for an early restoration of private ownership (Manifest PKWN, reprint, Warsaw, 1974, p. 20). 6 PPRVIĪI.1944-XII.1945. Dokumenty (Warsaw, 1969), pp. 57-61, 'Instrukcja КС PPR w sprawie pracy członków partii w związkach zawodowych', Lublin, 2 October 1944. 10 K. Kersten, PKWN (Lublin, 1965), p. 132. 11 PPR VIII.1944-XII.1943 . . . , pp. 267-75, 'Dekret Rady Ministrów, O utworzeniu rad zakładowych', Warsaw, 6 February 1945. 12 D. Lane and G. Kolankiewicz (eds.), op. cit., p. 91-quoting report of KCZZ for April 1945 (from J. Gołębiowski, 'Problemy nacjonalizacja przemysłu', in Uprzemy słowienie ziem pobkich w XIX i XX wieku (Warsaw, 1970), p. 514. 13 PPR VIII.1944-XII.Ï945 • • • , ΡΡ· 145-52, 'Uchwała plenum KC PPR w 63

Liberal history by Jaime Reynolds

Research paper thumbnail of What if the Liberal Party had broken through from the Right?

Analyses economic liberal tradition in the Liberal Party in the period up to the mid-1950s and sp... more Analyses economic liberal tradition in the Liberal Party in the period up to the mid-1950s and speculates what might have happened if the party had maintained this orientation in the subsequent period instead of shifting to a strategy of realignment of the Left.

Research paper thumbnail of Herbert Samuel (Viscount Samuel) (1870-1963)

Research paper thumbnail of Was Labour's breakthrough in the 1920s inevitable?

Research paper thumbnail of A lost opportunity? The last Con-Lib Coalition that never happened

Research paper thumbnail of Dictionary of Liberal Thought

Research paper thumbnail of Decline and Disintegration (Liberal Party 1929-55)

he 1929 general election was a disappointment for the Liberal Party and confirmed its third-party... more he 1929 general election was a disappointment for the Liberal Party and confirmed its third-party status at national level. 1 Nevertheless, apart from 1922-23 it was the party's strongest performance in terms of vote share at any election between 1910 and 1983.

Research paper thumbnail of Walter Lippman 1889-1974

Short biography, ideas, key works and further reading on Lippman. Published in D Brack & E Randal... more Short biography, ideas, key works and further reading on Lippman.
Published in D Brack & E Randall (eds) Dictionary of Liberal Thought (2007)

Research paper thumbnail of Liberals of the Right? The terms left and right applied to the British Liberal Democrat tradition

Journal of Liberal History 47, 2005

asks whether it is meaningful to apply the terms left and right to the British Liberal Democrat t... more asks whether it is meaningful to apply the terms left and right to the British Liberal Democrat tradition? And what do we mean by the 'Liberal Right' in this special edition of the Journal of Liberal History? 'I am a nineteenth-century Liberal. So is Mrs Thatcher. That is what this government is all about'. Sir John Nott, Conservative Minister in the 1980s i 'The picture generally given of the relative position of the three parties does more to obscure than to elucidate their true relations. They are usually represented as different positions on a line, with the socialists on the left, the conservatives on the right, and the liberals somewhere in the middle. Nothing could be more misleading.'

Research paper thumbnail of Liberal Class Warrior - the maverick career of radical Liberal MP, Tom Horabin

Journal of Liberal History 28, 2000

Research paper thumbnail of Crinks - an outline of the career of the Right Honourable Harcourt Johnstone (1895-1945)

Journal of Liberal History 26 Spring 2000

Research paper thumbnail of Poland 1939-1947: the Politics of Liberation

Part Two deals with the internal struggle for power in Poland during the German occupation and th... more Part Two deals with the internal struggle for power in Poland during the German occupation and the immediate post-war years against the background of Soviet power in Eastern Europe and traces the consolidation of Communist rule up to the elections of 1947.
Chapters:
5 From the KPP to Lublin
6 'Lublin' and 'London', July to December 1944
7 The Spring Crisis and the 'May Turn', January to June 1945 (uploaded)
8 National Unity? June 1945 to February 1946
9 The Democratic Bloc and the Referendum, February to September 1946
10 'A Mighty Lightning Offensive', September 1946 to spring 1947.

Please contact the author jcjreynolds@gmail.com for access to other chapters.

Research paper thumbnail of The Polish Workers' Party and the Opposition to Communist Rule in Poland 1944-47

PhD thesis, London School of Economics & Political Science, completed 1984. Available for downlo... more PhD thesis, London School of Economics & Political Science, completed 1984. Available for download at British Library Ethos site: ethos.bl.uk

Research paper thumbnail of The Working Class and Politics 1929-1945: Poland

Research paper thumbnail of Lublin' versus 'London' — The Party and the Underground Movement in Poland, 1944 -1945

Journal of Contemporary History vol 16 p 617-48, 1981

Analysis of the tactics followed by the Polish Workers' (Communist) Party towards the underground... more Analysis of the tactics followed by the Polish Workers' (Communist) Party towards the underground movement loyal to the Polish Government-in-Exile in London in the period July 1944 to May 1945.

Research paper thumbnail of Book Review:Poland, 1939-1947 John Coutouvidis, Jaime Reynolds

Journal of Modern History, 1989

Research paper thumbnail of Poland 1939-1947

Research paper thumbnail of Poland 1939-1947

International Affairs (Royal Institute of International Affairs 1944-), 1987

Research paper thumbnail of The Polish Workers' Party and the opposition to communist power in Poland, 1944-47

This thesis examines the development of the internal political situation in Poland from the forma... more This thesis examines the development of the internal political situation in Poland from the formation of the Polish Committee of National Liberation in mid-l944 to the consolidation of communist power at the turn of 1946/47. It concentrates in particular on the way the organisations and political strategies of the Polish Workers' Party and the main non-communist forces: the Polish Peasant Party, the Polish Socialist Party , the Catholic political movement and the anti-communist underground evolved during these years. Chapter .One describes the re-establishment of the Polish communist movement from 1941 and the shaping of its strategy of the national front during the period until the Soviet liberation of eastern Poland in 1944. Chapter Two examines the relationship between the communist-led 'Lublin Committee' and the underground movement loyal to the Government-in-Exile in London. It identifies the hardening of the Polish communists' stance towards the underground fro...

Research paper thumbnail of The Party and the Underground Movement

Research paper thumbnail of Communists, socialists and workers: Poland 1944–48

Soviet Studies , Oct 1978

A. Przygonski, Z zagadnień strategii frontu narodowego PPR 1942-43 (Warsaw, 1976), p. 290. The PK... more A. Przygonski, Z zagadnień strategii frontu narodowego PPR 1942-43 (Warsaw, 1976), p. 290. The PKWN Manifesto made no mention of workers' councils, while laying great stress on the need for an early restoration of private ownership (Manifest PKWN, reprint, Warsaw, 1974, p. 20). 6 PPRVIĪI.1944-XII.1945. Dokumenty (Warsaw, 1969), pp. 57-61, 'Instrukcja КС PPR w sprawie pracy członków partii w związkach zawodowych', Lublin, 2 October 1944. 10 K. Kersten, PKWN (Lublin, 1965), p. 132. 11 PPR VIII.1944-XII.1943 . . . , pp. 267-75, 'Dekret Rady Ministrów, O utworzeniu rad zakładowych', Warsaw, 6 February 1945. 12 D. Lane and G. Kolankiewicz (eds.), op. cit., p. 91-quoting report of KCZZ for April 1945 (from J. Gołębiowski, 'Problemy nacjonalizacja przemysłu', in Uprzemy słowienie ziem pobkich w XIX i XX wieku (Warsaw, 1970), p. 514. 13 PPR VIII.1944-XII.Ï945 • • • , ΡΡ· 145-52, 'Uchwała plenum KC PPR w 63

Research paper thumbnail of What if the Liberal Party had broken through from the Right?

Analyses economic liberal tradition in the Liberal Party in the period up to the mid-1950s and sp... more Analyses economic liberal tradition in the Liberal Party in the period up to the mid-1950s and speculates what might have happened if the party had maintained this orientation in the subsequent period instead of shifting to a strategy of realignment of the Left.

Research paper thumbnail of Herbert Samuel (Viscount Samuel) (1870-1963)

Research paper thumbnail of Was Labour's breakthrough in the 1920s inevitable?

Research paper thumbnail of A lost opportunity? The last Con-Lib Coalition that never happened

Research paper thumbnail of Dictionary of Liberal Thought

Research paper thumbnail of Decline and Disintegration (Liberal Party 1929-55)

he 1929 general election was a disappointment for the Liberal Party and confirmed its third-party... more he 1929 general election was a disappointment for the Liberal Party and confirmed its third-party status at national level. 1 Nevertheless, apart from 1922-23 it was the party's strongest performance in terms of vote share at any election between 1910 and 1983.

Research paper thumbnail of Walter Lippman 1889-1974

Short biography, ideas, key works and further reading on Lippman. Published in D Brack & E Randal... more Short biography, ideas, key works and further reading on Lippman.
Published in D Brack & E Randall (eds) Dictionary of Liberal Thought (2007)

Research paper thumbnail of Liberals of the Right? The terms left and right applied to the British Liberal Democrat tradition

Journal of Liberal History 47, 2005

asks whether it is meaningful to apply the terms left and right to the British Liberal Democrat t... more asks whether it is meaningful to apply the terms left and right to the British Liberal Democrat tradition? And what do we mean by the 'Liberal Right' in this special edition of the Journal of Liberal History? 'I am a nineteenth-century Liberal. So is Mrs Thatcher. That is what this government is all about'. Sir John Nott, Conservative Minister in the 1980s i 'The picture generally given of the relative position of the three parties does more to obscure than to elucidate their true relations. They are usually represented as different positions on a line, with the socialists on the left, the conservatives on the right, and the liberals somewhere in the middle. Nothing could be more misleading.'

Research paper thumbnail of Liberal Class Warrior - the maverick career of radical Liberal MP, Tom Horabin

Journal of Liberal History 28, 2000

Research paper thumbnail of Crinks - an outline of the career of the Right Honourable Harcourt Johnstone (1895-1945)

Journal of Liberal History 26 Spring 2000

Research paper thumbnail of 'Jimmy' - the Liberal Party career of James de Rothschild MP

Journal of Liberal History 32, 2001

Research paper thumbnail of Archie Macdonald (1904-83) - Liberal MP for Roxburgh and Selkirk: biography

Journal of Liberal History, 2003

Research paper thumbnail of Spectacular Victories - Liberal victories against the odds at General Elections

Journal of Liberal History, 2004

Research paper thumbnail of 'The Last of the Liberals' - Francis Wrigley Hirst (1873-1953)

Journal of Liberal History 47, 2005

Research paper thumbnail of Liberals and the New Right - Arthur Seldon (1916-2005) and the Liberal antecedents of the Institute of Economic Affairs

Journal of Liberal History 47, 2005

Research paper thumbnail of 'The Fighting Parson' - Reverend Roderick Kedward (1881-1937), Liberal MP for Bermondsey 1923-24 and Ashford 1929-31

Journal of Liberal History 48, 2005

Research paper thumbnail of Last Outpost of Urban Radicalism - Wolverhampton East, Liberal seat 1832-1945

Journal of Liberal History 53, 2006

Research paper thumbnail of Liberal Roots - the Liberal Party in a West Yorkshire constituency 1920s to 1970s

Journal of Liberal History 80, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of The Strange Survival of Liberal Lancashire - the resilience of the Liberal Party in the Lancashire cotton districts 1920s to 1970s

Journal of Liberal History, Jan 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Impacts of Reunification? The electoral prospects of a reunited Liberal Party in the 1940s

Journal of Liberal History 42, 2001

Examines the electoral evidence and concludes that reunification of the Liberal and Liberal Natio... more Examines the electoral evidence and concludes that reunification of the Liberal and Liberal National Parties in the mid-1940s could have delivered only minor gains in the 1945 General Election but could have helped Labour to achieve a larger majority at the 1950 General Election.

Research paper thumbnail of Madam Mayor - Liberal Women and Local Government Leadership in Britain Between the Wars

Examines the extent and geographical spread of the entry of women into local government leadershi... more Examines the extent and geographical spread of the entry of women into local government leadership (as mayors and alderman) in boroughs in the period 1918-39, with particular focus on the 30+ Liberals. The article analyses the social, economic and political profile of these pioneers and the obstacles that prevented a larger number of women from achieving leadership roles in this period.

Research paper thumbnail of Another Madam Mayor: Lady Howard of Llanelli and the Strange Case of the Cowell-Stepneys

Journal of Liberal History 108, 2020

Biography of Lady Meriel Howard of Llanelli (1876-1952), early woman mayor of Llanelli in 1916, i... more Biography of Lady Meriel Howard of Llanelli (1876-1952), early woman mayor of Llanelli in 1916, important figure in the civic and political life of Carmarthenshire and South Wales, prominent Liberal and Temperance campaigner. Examines her background in the nineteenth-century Liberal aristocracy, her wealth and connections with the Gladstones, the strange personality of her father, SIr Arthur Cowell-Stepney MP and the fraught marriage of her parents.

Research paper thumbnail of Christabel and the Liberals

Journal of Liberal History , 2023

A review of Christabel Pankhurst: A Biography by June Purvis (Routledge 2018) with reflections on... more A review of Christabel Pankhurst: A Biography by June Purvis (Routledge 2018) with reflections on the relationship between the suffragette movement and the Liberal Party.

Research paper thumbnail of Missing from the Picture - Why are the first women mayors absent from the history the women's movement in Britain?

Women's History Today vol 3 issue 7, 2023

Examines the first women leaders in local government in Britain from 1907 to 1939 and examines th... more Examines the first women leaders in local government in Britain from 1907 to 1939 and examines the lack of attention paid to them in the historiography of the women's movement in Britain. It is the first published study of the first women mayors in Britain.