1984: Poland

Archives consist of articles that originally appeared in Collier's Year Book (for events of 1997 and earlier) or as monthly updates in Encarta Yearbook (for events of 1998 and later). Because they were published shortly after events occurred, they reflect the information available at that time. Cross references refer to Archive articles of the same year.

More than a full year after martial law was lifted in July 1983, the government of General Wojciech Jaruzelski had made no significant progress in solving the deep-rooted political and economic problems sapping the strength of the Polish nation. Even the release in July of almost all of the... ...