White Eagle, Red Star

White Eagle, Red Star

White Eagle, Red Star: The Polish-Soviet War, 1919-20 is a 1972 book covering the Polish-Soviet War written by Norman Davies. This monograph is Davies' first book.

It is considered by many historians to be one of the best English-language books on the subject (ex. A. J. P. Taylor who wrote the foreword to it, also wrote: "Norman Davies's book is a permanent contribution to historical knowledge and international understanding.")

Editions

The book had several editions and translations:

ISBNs:: For Pimlico; New Ed edition (27 Nov 2003)
# ISBN 0712606947
# ISBN 978-0712606943

: For Orbis Books (London) Ltd; Revised Ed edition (Jan 1984)
# ISBN 0901149233
# ISBN 978-0901149237

: For Birlinn Ltd (30 Nov 2000)
# ISBN 184158083X
# ISBN 978-1841580838

: For Macdonald (13 Jul 1972)
# ISBN 0356040135
# ISBN 978-0356040134

Other language editions:
* Polish "bibuła" underground translations - two in 1987 and 1988 ( [http://www.incipit.home.pl/bibula_/bzd.html] )
* Polish "Orzeł Biały, Czerwona Gwiazda", Wydawnictwo Znak, 1997, ISBN 8370067611

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/hallersarmy/eagle.html Excerpt: Pages 41 - 47]

Further reading

* "Review of White Eagle, Red Star: The Polish-Soviet War, 1919-20 by Norman Davies, A. J. P. Taylor". Author(s) of Review: Albert Parry. Russian Review, Vol. 32, No. 2 (Apr., 1973), pp. 196-198 [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0036-0341(197304)32%3A2%3C196%3AWERSTP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-7 JSTOR]
* "Review of White Eagle, Red Star. The Polish-Soviet War, 1919-1920. by Norman Davies". Author(s) of Review: Michael Alfred Peszke. Military Affairs, Vol. 52, No. 2 (Apr., 1988), p. 107 [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0026-3931(198804)52%3A2%3C107%3AWERSTP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-0 JSTOR]


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