George Sanford (1942/3 – 25 February 2021) was a professor of politics at the

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. He specialised in

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...

and

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studies. In particular, he is considered an expert on the

Katyn massacre The Katyn massacre, "Katyń crime"; russian: link=yes, Катынская резня ''Katynskaya reznya'', "Katyn massacre", or russian: link=no, Катынский расстрел, ''Katynsky rasstrel'', "Katyn execution" was a series of m ...

, and published a book on that topic in 2005. On several occasions he was interviewed on Polish affairs in the mass media. He died on 25 February 2021 at the age of 78.

Publications

George Sanford has published several books and numerous articles and books chapters. His book publications include: * ''Polish Communism in Crisis'', 1983 * ''Military Rule in Poland: The Rebuilding of Communist Power, 1981-1983'', 1986 * ''The Solidarity Congress 1981: The Great Debate'', 1990 * ''Democratization in Poland, 1988-1990: Polish Voices'', 1992 * ''Building Democracy?: The International Dimension of Democratisation in Eastern Europe'' (ed.), 1994 * ''Historical Dictionary of Poland'', 1994 * ''Poland: The Conquest of History'', 1999 * ''Democratic Government in Poland : Constitutional Politics Since 1989'', 2002 * ''Katyn and the Soviet Massacre of 1940: Truth, Justice and Memory'', 2005

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sanford, George 1940s births Year of birth uncertain 2021 deaths British political scientists Academics of the University of Bristol Historians of Poland