This book provides a critical, clear-eyed account of the personal and political style of the Polish leader Lech Walesa. It criticizes Walesa's political modus operandi, arguing that the leader manipulated or alienated many of his old supporters—including Tadeusz Mazowiecki.
Drawing on his unique insider's perspective as press spokesman for Lech Wałȩsa from October 1989 to July 1990, Jaroslaw Kurski has written the first critical, clear-eyed account of the Polish leader's personal and political style.