PART I: INTRODUCTION Solidarity Songs Acknowledgments Chapter 1: The Solidarnosc Era in Historical Perspective: Labor Protests, Polish Communism, and the Soviet Bloc, 1956-1981 by Mark Kramer PART II: THE STRIKE Chapter 2: “The People were the Hero”: Conversation with Jerzy Borowczak Chapter 3: The Making of a Solidarity Revolution: Conversation with Bogdan Borusewicz Chapter 4: Hoeing the Moon: Conversation with Bogdan Felski Chapter 5: Moments of Conscience: Conversation with Andrzej Gwiazda and Joanna Duda Gwiazda Chapter 6: A Time for my Convictions: Conversation with Aleksander Hall Chapter 7: The Morality of Truth: Conversation with Adam Hodysz Chapter 8: Looking for Alternatives: Conversation with Piotr Kapczynski and Anna Mlynik Chapter 9: “We were all equal at the Shipyard”: Conversation with Zenon Kwoka Chapter 10: The Revolution that Evolved: Conversation with Bogdan Lis Chapter 11: Solidarity of Attainable Goals: Conversation with Jacek Merkel Chapter 12: Woman of Iron: Conversation with Anna Walentynowicz Chapter 13: The Price of Freedom: Conversation with Lech Walesa Chapter 14: The Soup that Became a Downpour: Conversations with Krzysztof Wyszkowski and his older brother Blazej Wyszkowski PART III: THE DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION Chapter 15: The Making of NOWA: Conversation with Grzegorz Boguta Chapter 16: The Fringe of the Possible: Conversation with Andrzej Celinski Chapter 17: The Godfather of the Polish Opposition: Conversation with Jacek Kuron Chapter 18: The Spirit of Gazeta Wyborcza: Conversation with Adam Michnik Chapter 19: The Solidarity of my Generation: Conversation with Henryk Wujec PART IV: THE EXPERTS Chapter 20: The Berlin Wall Started Falling in the Gdansk Shipyard: Conversation with Bronislaw Geremek Chapter 21: Lining Up Democracy: Conversation with Tadeusz Mazowiecki Chapter 22: Always Right: Conversation with Jadwiga Staniszkis PART V: ASSESSMENTS Chapter 23: The Controversy over Lech Walesa: A Review Chapter 24: Managing Religion in Communist-Era Poland: Catholic Priests versus the Secret Police Chapter 25: Anna Walentynowicz and the Legacy of Solidarity in Poland PART VI: APPENDIX Chapter 26: Chronology Chapter 27: Declassified Documents from the Russian State Archive of Recent History Translated and introduced by Mark Kramer Works Cited