Abstract
Independent Poland: the social and economic background -- Political life in the new state -- The breakdown of the parliamentary system -- Pilsudski takes power -- 'A government of labour' -- The growing conflict with Parliament -- The clash -- After Brzesc -- Poland without Pilsudski. Political developments 1935-1939 -- Economics, the national minorities, and foreign policy 1935-1939 -- Conclusion -- APPENDIX A. Was the British foreign office responsible for the Pilsudski Coup? -- APPENDIX B. List of Polish Prime Ministers, November 1918-September 1939 -- APPENDIX C. Some economic statistics.