The Struggle and the Triumph: An Autobiography

From the time he founded Solidarity in 1980 to the historic moment in December 1990 when he took the oath of office as the first freely elected president of Poland in half a century, Lech Walesa had all eyes on him. He became the symbol of freedom and hope not only for Poland but for all the countries in the former Eastern Bloc. Walesa’s dreams for his own beleaguered homeland rejuvenated the entire world’s faith in democracy and inspired a movement that changed the map of Europe and altere...