Cold War's Effects On Poland
The Cold War’s Effects on Poland During the majority of the Cold War period of 1947 - 1991, Communists dominated Poland. Their power remained for forty years, leading to countless periods of social, political, and economic unrest. The Soviets disregarded the Polish people’s rights and safety through the addition of reforms, increased Poland’s economic instability by producing a centralized economy and refusing to allow financial aid, and authorized these events through the creation of their own government, which dominated the entity of the country. Ultimately, Poland suffered in the early Cold War period because the dominant Communist rule led to destruction of the economy, government, and social life. The Cold War was the period following
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The new economy’s central dependence was heavy industry and engineering, which contrasted highly from the reliance of agriculture before the Communists came to power. This meant that Poland became very industrialized because of the Communists, and lost all control of their leadership over the economy. In 1945, the goals of the Polish economy stemmed off of socialist rather than Communist, which included the distribution of power, increased consumer goods, and investment in production facilities. The new economy neglected agriculture, infrastructure, housing, services, and other consumer goods, and instead emphasized on fuel and material. The agricultural resources remained in private hands, but influenced that sector through taxes, control over materials, and limitation of private plots (Leibowitz). The economy did not work as well as it was planned since there were many poor harvests, social unrest through the workers, rising inflation, and foreign debt. The heavy industry was a negative addition to Poland because of the consequences. Not only did it fail in helping Poland’s unsuccessful economy thrive, but it also increased the amount of post-war problems because of the new way of management. The command economy did not help the country, but aided in its
The new economy’s central dependence was heavy industry and engineering, which contrasted highly from the reliance of agriculture before the Communists came to power. This meant that Poland became very industrialized because of the Communists, and lost all control of their leadership over the economy. In 1945, the goals of the Polish economy stemmed off of socialist rather than Communist, which included the distribution of power, increased consumer goods, and investment in production facilities. The new economy neglected agriculture, infrastructure, housing, services, and other consumer goods, and instead emphasized on fuel and material. The agricultural resources remained in private hands, but influenced that sector through taxes, control over materials, and limitation of private plots (Leibowitz). The economy did not work as well as it was planned since there were many poor harvests, social unrest through the workers, rising inflation, and foreign debt. The heavy industry was a negative addition to Poland because of the consequences. Not only did it fail in helping Poland’s unsuccessful economy thrive, but it also increased the amount of post-war problems because of the new way of management. The command economy did not help the country, but aided in its