Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance   2. Business/Economics   3. Management   4. Management - General   5. Office & workplace   6. Social theory   

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Anatomy of a Little-Known Atrocity
This book, though now somewhat dated, provides a good summary of the murder of tens of thousands of Polish POW officers by the Soviet secret police (NKVD) in April 1940. These Poles, the flower of Polish society, had been captured by the Soviets after the joint Soviet-German conquest of Poland (September-October 1939). After Nazi Germany unexpectedly attacked its erstwhile Soviet ally in June 1941, the Soviets ostensibly had switched to the Polish side. Some, but by no means all, of Polish prisoners and exiles were released from Soviet prisons and gulags. The conspicuous absence of the previously captured Polish officers became obvious. The Polish government-in-exile at London never got a straight answer about their fate. In fact, Stalin made absurd lies about their whereabouts ("They must have all escaped to China"). The west never called Stalin for his transparent mendacity.

When the invading Germans brought the atrocity to light in 1943, the Polish-government-in-exile requested the Red Cross to investigate. At once, Stalin blamed the Germans and accused the Poles of having fallen for German propaganda. He then conveniently used this unexpected turn of events as an excuse for severing ties with the rightful Polish government-embodied in the government-in-exile-in favor of a puppet Communist government that Stalin had previously hand picked. All this time, Churchill and especially Roosevelt were not particularly interested in the truth about Katyn. To the contrary, blame was placed on the victims (Poles) for being too emotional, too unwise, too chauvinistic, etc., for pressing their case.

In the end, Poland was betrayed, and the truth about Katyn was suppressed in Communist-ruled Poland. Not until the fall of Communism did the truth finally come out. In 1990, the Soviet Union finally admitted its guilt for the crime of Katyn. Of course, Katyn is symbolic of Soviet conduct towards Poland. While there were tens of thousands of victims at Katyn and related sites of murder, the total number of Polish victims of Soviet aggression exceed one million. Unfortunately, very few westerners know about this, or of the two million Polish gentiles who fell victim to the Germans. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. History: American   2. Non-Classifiable   3. Nonfiction - General   4. World War II   

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Just discovered this..
An interesting find - antennas and propagation from the point of view of the practioner, rather than a rehash of academic generalities.

A Unique collection, some info single sourced...
Its not quite organized like a college text, but flows like the radio system design itself. From a base, rippling through a cluttered city, to a user, a person. This is an "only source" for the "radio model" of man, detailed if somewhat belabored, but available no where else. At this date [2002] perhaps pagers and paging are not timeless, but the udates from the original edition do touch on wireless telephony -- and always timeless: radios near the body. Worth a 5* for the unique content!

This book is terrible
As a graduate student I was fortunate enough to fully experience this book in all its terrible glory. The book is FULL of errors and if you attempt the problems you will realize this. Moreover the conceptual content was very insufficient. Anyone who doesn't already know a lot about this subject, cannot hope this book will explain anything. The instructor told me that even the solution manual had errors. This is the worst textbook I have ever owned. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Antennas   2. Applied Electromagnetics   3. Mobile communication systems   4. Radio   5. Radio wave propagation   6. Science/Mathematics   7. Technology & Industrial Arts   8. Telecommunications   

Subjects:  1. Europe - General   2. History   3. History: World   4. Military - World War II   

Subjects:  1. Kazimierz   

Subjects:  1. Bilinear forms   2. Forms, Quadratic   3. Science/Mathematics   4. Mathematics   

Subjects:  1. Physics   2. Science   3. Science/Mathematics   

Subjects:  1. Combustion Engineering   2. Science/Mathematics   

Subjects:  1. Abnormalities   2. Diagnosis   3. Diagnosis, Radioscopic   4. Diagnostic Imaging   5. Human skeleton   6. Medical   7. Medical / Nursing   8. Orthopedic Surgery   9. Orthopedics   10. Pediatrics   11. Radiologic Diagnosis   12. Rheumatology   13. Surgery - General   

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Just excellent
Professor Wyrozumski is a brilliant scholar and this book, like all the others, is just excellent. The scholar level is well balanced with comprehensible language, what makes the book useful for history students as well as people just interested in history. As Kazimierz Wielki is one of the best Polish kings and the one who the Poles tend to like best, in my opinion this book is a must for each Pole and every person interested in Polish history. And his dids are so well presented in this book, that it is a real pleasure to read. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Kazimierz