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The book received generally good reviews from the community of historians. [[Piotr Wróbel]] writing for ''[[Shofar (journal)|Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies]]'' noted that the book is "a major achievement and explains many historical events misunderstood by Western readers".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wróbel |first=Piotr |date=2015 |title=The Eagle Unbowed. Poland and the Poles in the Second World War by Halik Kochanski (review) |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/60/article/578315 |journal=Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies |volume=33 |issue=3 |pages=151–153 |doi=10.1353/sho.2015.0014 |issn=1534-5165}}</ref> [[John Radzilowski]] in ''[[The Historian (journal)|The Historian]]'' wrote that the book is "a welcome and useful corrective for both scholars and general readers" and "an important addition to Englishlanguage literature on East-Central Europe in World War II".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Radzilowski |first=John |date=2014-12-01 |title=The Eagle Unbowed: Poland and the Poles in the Second World War . By Halik Kochanski. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2012. Pp. xxxi, 734. $35.00.) |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1111/hisn.12054_51 |journal=The Historian |language=en |volume=76 |issue=4 |pages=866–867 |doi=10.1111/hisn.12054_51 |issn=0018-2370}}</ref> Eva Plach who reviewed the book for the ''[[The Journal of Modern History]]'', noting that the work, while not presenting "any “new” information as such" is a "comprehensive text" and an "an important resource" for those less familiar with the topic of wartime Polish history.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Plach |first=Eva |date=2014-03 |title=The Eagle Unbowed: Poland and the Poles in the Second World War . By Halik Kochanski.Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2012. Pp. xxxii+734. $35.00. |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/674288 |journal=The Journal of Modern History |language=en |volume=86 |issue=1 |pages=220–221 |doi=10.1086/674288 |issn=0022-2801}}</ref> |
The book received generally good reviews from the community of historians. [[Piotr Wróbel]] writing for ''[[Shofar (journal)|Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies]]'' noted that the book is "a major achievement and explains many historical events misunderstood by Western readers".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wróbel |first=Piotr |date=2015 |title=The Eagle Unbowed. Poland and the Poles in the Second World War by Halik Kochanski (review) |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/60/article/578315 |journal=Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies |volume=33 |issue=3 |pages=151–153 |doi=10.1353/sho.2015.0014 |issn=1534-5165}}</ref> [[John Radzilowski]] in ''[[The Historian (journal)|The Historian]]'' wrote that the book is "a welcome and useful corrective for both scholars and general readers" and "an important addition to Englishlanguage literature on East-Central Europe in World War II".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Radzilowski |first=John |date=2014-12-01 |title=The Eagle Unbowed: Poland and the Poles in the Second World War . By Halik Kochanski. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2012. Pp. xxxi, 734. $35.00.) |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1111/hisn.12054_51 |journal=The Historian |language=en |volume=76 |issue=4 |pages=866–867 |doi=10.1111/hisn.12054_51 |issn=0018-2370}}</ref> Eva Plach who reviewed the book for the ''[[The Journal of Modern History]]'', noting that the work, while not presenting "any “new” information as such" is a "comprehensive text" and an "an important resource" for those less familiar with the topic of wartime Polish history.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Plach |first=Eva |date=2014-03 |title=The Eagle Unbowed: Poland and the Poles in the Second World War . By Halik Kochanski.Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2012. Pp. xxxii+734. $35.00. |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/674288 |journal=The Journal of Modern History |language=en |volume=86 |issue=1 |pages=220–221 |doi=10.1086/674288 |issn=0022-2801}}</ref> Wojciech Michnik in ''[[New Eastern Europe]]'' calls the book a "monumental study" and "an extremely interesting and timely read" .<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Michnik |first=Wojciech |date=2013 |title=The Irony of Polish History |url=https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=425514 |journal=New Eastern Europe |language=English |issue=01 (06) |pages=148–150 |issn=2083-7372}}</ref> [[Antony Polonsky]] in ''TLS. Times Literary Supplement'' noted that the book "has many virtues".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Polonsky |first=Antony |date=2013-02-08 |title=In the barn. |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&sw=w&issn=0307661X&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA681985825&sid=googleScholar&linkaccess=abs |journal=TLS. Times Literary Supplement |language=English |issue=5732 |pages=22–23}}</ref> |
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Michael Meng reviewed the book for the ''[[Slavic Review]]'' and noted more neutrally that it is "a nationally centered story about Polish struggles for freedom".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Meng |first=Michael |date=2014 |title=Review of The Eagle Unbowed: Poland and the Poles in the Second World War |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5612/slavicreview.73.3.651 |journal=Slavic Review |volume=73 |issue=3 |pages=651–652 |doi=10.5612/slavicreview.73.3.651 |issn=0037-6779}}</ref> [[Jan Grabowski]] in the ''[[Israel Council on Foreign Relations|Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs]]'' was more critical of the book,writing: "[I]n addition to very problematic interpretations and insufficient tor biased sources, ''The Eagle Unbowed'' is replete with factual errors... If well-written (and Kochanski’s book does a decent job in this regard), the book can also find satisfied readers among the broader audience.... Those, however, who look for well-informed studies, in this case of Poland’s wartime history, will have to look elsewhere."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Grabowski |first=Jan |date=2013 |title=Eagle Unbound |journal=Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs |volume=7 |issue=3 |pages=195}}</ref> |
Michael Meng reviewed the book for the ''[[Slavic Review]]'' and noted more neutrally that it is "a nationally centered story about Polish struggles for freedom".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Meng |first=Michael |date=2014 |title=Review of The Eagle Unbowed: Poland and the Poles in the Second World War |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5612/slavicreview.73.3.651 |journal=Slavic Review |volume=73 |issue=3 |pages=651–652 |doi=10.5612/slavicreview.73.3.651 |issn=0037-6779}}</ref> [[Jan Grabowski]] in the ''[[Israel Council on Foreign Relations|Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs]]'' was more critical of the book,writing: "[I]n addition to very problematic interpretations and insufficient tor biased sources, ''The Eagle Unbowed'' is replete with factual errors... If well-written (and Kochanski’s book does a decent job in this regard), the book can also find satisfied readers among the broader audience.... Those, however, who look for well-informed studies, in this case of Poland’s wartime history, will have to look elsewhere."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Grabowski |first=Jan |date=2013 |title=Eagle Unbound |journal=Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs |volume=7 |issue=3 |pages=195}}</ref> |
Revision as of 15:44, 3 January 2023
The Eagle Unbowed: Poland and the Poles in the Second World War is a 2012 book by Halik Kochanski about the Polish contribution to World War II.
Contents
Kochanski discusses the controversy caused by the humiliation of Poles during the Britain’s victory parade in 1946, when the organisers invited Fijians and Mexicans to participate, but not the Poles who had fought alongside the British.[1]
Reception
The book received generally good reviews from the community of historians. Piotr Wróbel writing for Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies noted that the book is "a major achievement and explains many historical events misunderstood by Western readers".[2] John Radzilowski in The Historian wrote that the book is "a welcome and useful corrective for both scholars and general readers" and "an important addition to Englishlanguage literature on East-Central Europe in World War II".[3] Eva Plach who reviewed the book for the The Journal of Modern History, noting that the work, while not presenting "any “new” information as such" is a "comprehensive text" and an "an important resource" for those less familiar with the topic of wartime Polish history.[4] Wojciech Michnik in New Eastern Europe calls the book a "monumental study" and "an extremely interesting and timely read" .[5] Antony Polonsky in TLS. Times Literary Supplement noted that the book "has many virtues".[6]
Michael Meng reviewed the book for the Slavic Review and noted more neutrally that it is "a nationally centered story about Polish struggles for freedom".[7] Jan Grabowski in the Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs was more critical of the book,writing: "[I]n addition to very problematic interpretations and insufficient tor biased sources, The Eagle Unbowed is replete with factual errors... If well-written (and Kochanski’s book does a decent job in this regard), the book can also find satisfied readers among the broader audience.... Those, however, who look for well-informed studies, in this case of Poland’s wartime history, will have to look elsewhere."[8]
The book also received positive coverage in mainstream press. The Books and Arts review in The Economist noted that until Kochanski's book, "nobody had written a comprehensive English-language history of Poland at war", and that she "weaves together the political, military, diplomatic and human strands of the story".[1] Richard J. Evans reviewing the book for The Guardian described it as "a comprehensive study that provides a fair-minded introduction to the subject".[9] Janusz R. Kowalczyk writing for culture.pl called it "the first comprehensive account of the fate of Poles on the fronts and wastelands of Second World War published in the West".[10]
References
- ^ a b "The vivisection of Poland". The Economist. 29 September 2012. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
- ^ Wróbel, Piotr (2015). "The Eagle Unbowed. Poland and the Poles in the Second World War by Halik Kochanski (review)". Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies. 33 (3): 151–153. doi:10.1353/sho.2015.0014. ISSN 1534-5165.
- ^ Radzilowski, John (2014-12-01). "The Eagle Unbowed: Poland and the Poles in the Second World War . By Halik Kochanski. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2012. Pp. xxxi, 734. $35.00.)". The Historian. 76 (4): 866–867. doi:10.1111/hisn.12054_51. ISSN 0018-2370.
- ^ Plach, Eva (2014-03). "The Eagle Unbowed: Poland and the Poles in the Second World War . By Halik Kochanski.Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2012. Pp. xxxii+734. $35.00". The Journal of Modern History. 86 (1): 220–221. doi:10.1086/674288. ISSN 0022-2801.
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(help) - ^ Michnik, Wojciech (2013). "The Irony of Polish History". New Eastern Europe (01 (06)): 148–150. ISSN 2083-7372.
- ^ Polonsky, Antony (2013-02-08). "In the barn". TLS. Times Literary Supplement (5732): 22–23.
- ^ Meng, Michael (2014). "Review of The Eagle Unbowed: Poland and the Poles in the Second World War". Slavic Review. 73 (3): 651–652. doi:10.5612/slavicreview.73.3.651. ISSN 0037-6779.
- ^ Grabowski, Jan (2013). "Eagle Unbound". Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs. 7 (3): 195.
- ^ Evans, Richard J (2012-11-09). "The Eagle Unbowed by Halik Kochanski – review". the Guardian. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
- ^ "The Eagle Unbowed: Poland and the Poles in the Second World War – Halik Kochanski". Culture.pl. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
External links
- The Eagle Unbowed by Halik Kochanski
- Davies, Norman. "Poland: Malice, Death, Survival | Norman Davies". ISSN 0028-7504. Retrieved 2023-01-03.