The triumph of provocation / Jozef Mackiewicz ; translation by Jerzy Hauptmann, S.D. Lukac, and Martin Dewhirst ; foreword by Jeremy Black.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mackiewicz, Józef.

Standardized Title:

Zwyciestwo prowokacji. English

Language:

English

Polish

Subjects (All):

Mackiewicz, Józef.

Communism--Poland.

Communism.

Poland--Relations--Soviet Union.

Poland.

Soviet Union--Relations--Poland.

Soviet Union.

Poland--Politics and government--1945-1980.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (ix, 244 p.))

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This masterful political treatise, first published in 1962, examines the history and nature of Communism as it developed in the Soviet Union and in Poland. Józef Mackiewicz, known for his relentless opposition to Communism, argues that accommodation with the Communists simply helped them to impose their vision of the world and pursue their goal of global domination. He compares Communism to Nazism and insists that the former was the greater threat to the future of humanity. Now available in English for the first time, The Triumph of Provocation will be compelling reading for those interested in Polish history, Communism, and Nazism.Mackiewicz's unique interpretation of the differences and similarities between Communism and Nazism is highly relevant to debates about these two systems and to major contemporary issues which are of particular importance to the U.S. and Europe, including radical Islam and the necessity of war and the responsibility for war.

Contents:

"Censored"

Does Russia still exist?

Between Bolshevism and nationalism

Mikaszewicze

"Gomukaism" (national communism) of the twenties

The first great provocation about the alleged "evolution of communism"

The second phase of national communism

Alliance or collaboration with the Soviet invader?

The origins of "PAX"

Pharisaism versus subversion

The second great provocation

Along the road of classic "Poputnichestvo" (fellow-traveling)

The German complex

Culture in the stranglehold of compulsory infantilism

The real German threat

"Realisms" versus reality

Pathos versus pestilence

Jozef Mackiewicz : his life, work, and views (a chronology) / by Nina Karsov.

Notes:

First published in Polish in 1962 under title Zwyciestwo prowokacji.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786612353406

9781282353404

1282353403

9780300145700

0300145705

OCLC:

646860331