The Polish Invasion by Pruszynski Ksawery
The Scots were accustomed to think of themselves as an emigrant nation. The arrival in 1940 of tens of thousands of Polish servicemen - soldiers, sailors and airmen - was an enormous and ultimately liberating cultural shock. This book presents an account of the mutual impact of Poles and Scots in wartime Scotland.
Ksawery Pruszynski was a radical journalist who had lost his own home in what is now Byelorussia. After serving with the forces in Scotland, he became a diplomat and - although never a Communist - returned to Poland after the war to serve the new Communist-dominated government at the United Nations and then as ambassador to the Netherlands. But Soviet intelligence never trusted him, and in 1950 he was killed in a car crash in Germany which may not have been an accident.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781843410485 |
| ISBN 10 | 1843410486 |
| Title | The Polish Invasion |
| Author | Pruszynski Ksawery |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Birlinn General |
| Year published | 2010-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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