A Bibliographic Essay on National Communism and the Polish October

THIS PAPER EXAMINES THE LITERATURE ON NATIONAL COMMUNISM AND THE POLISH OCTOBER OF 1956. NATIONAL COMMUNISM IS DEFINED AS A COMPROMISE ON THE PART OF THE REGIME IN RESPONSE TO A UNIFIED DEMAND BY THE PEOPLE FOR SPECIFIC AND LIMITED CONCESSIONS IN 1956. THE LITERATURE ON POLAND IN 1956 IS THEN EXAMINED AND AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER A CASE CAN BE MADE FOR THE EMERGENCE OF POLISH NATIONAL COMMUNISM. THE LITERATURE DEMONSTRATES THAT THE INITIATION AND OUTCOME OF THE POLISH OCTOBER WAS DETERMINED BY THE POLISH POPULACE. THOUGH THE LITERATURE ON THESE SUBJECTS IS SUBSTANTIAL, MORE WORK IS NEEDED TO ACCURATELY DEFINE NATIONAL COMMUNISM.