The Eagle Unbowed is a compelling testimony to endurance under impossible conditions.
Halik Kochanski is a British historian. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and member of the British Commission for Military History, she taught history at several universities and is the author of The Eagle Unbowed- Poland and the Poles in the Second World War.
[A] remarkable book ... [Kochanski] brings to the subject not only
an impressive grasp of the military and political context, but also
a balance, neutrality and honesty few could manage, combined with
the intelligence, imagination and empathy necessary to grasp the
true depth of the experience she recounts ... This book is history
at its best. It tells the whole story, and tells it well, with just
the right mixture of detachment and empathy, in crisp, readable
prose. But it also speaks to the imagination and makes the reader
think - and not just about the subject in hand
*Standpoint*
Until Halik Kochanski's The Eagle Unbowed nobody had written a
comprehensive English-language history of Poland at war ... She
uncovers details that will surprise even history geeks ... Ms
Kochanski marshals an impressive and comprehensive array of English
and Polish material
*Economist*
An informative, authoritative and wide-ranging account of the
tragedy that befell Poland and its inhabitants, Gentiles and Jews,
during the war and its aftermath ... An engaging and important
book
*Hubert Zawadzki (author of A Concise History of Poland)*
Poland's war was so terrible as to almost defy summary ... this
book is opinionated, fluid and forceful
*New Statesman*
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