''White Eagle, Red Star: The Polish–Soviet War, 1919–20'' is a 1972 book by

Norman Davies Ivor Norman Richard Davies (born 8 June 1939) is a British and Polish historian, known for his publications on the history of Europe, Poland and the United Kingdom. He has a special interest in Central and Eastern Europe and is UNESCO Profes ...

covering the

Polish–Soviet War The Polish–Soviet War (14 February 1919 – 18 March 1921) was fought primarily between the Second Polish Republic and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, following World War I and the Russian Revolution. After the collapse ...

. The

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is Davies's first book. It is considered by many historians to be one of the best English-language books on the subject.

A. J. P. Taylor Alan John Percivale Taylor (25 March 1906 – 7 September 1990) was an English historian who specialised in 19th- and 20th-century European diplomacy. Both a journalist and a broadcaster, he became well known to millions through his telev ...

, who wrote its

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, also wrote: "Norman Davies's book is a permanent contribution to historical knowledge and international understanding."

Editions

The book had several editions and translations: ISBNs: : For Pimlico; new edition (27 Nov 2003) # # : For Orbis Books (London) Ltd; revised edition (Jan 1984) # # : For Birlinn Ltd (30 Nov 2000) # # : For Macdonald (13 Jul 1972) # # Other language editions: * Polish ''

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'' underground translations (one by

Teresa Remiszewska Teresa Remiszewska (born 19 June 1928 in Międzychód, Poland – died 2 March 2002 in Sopot) was a Polish sailor, yacht captain, sailing instructor and pioneer of women's solo sailing in Poland. She was also a journalist and jailed in late 1982 f ...

under the

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Urszula Karpinska) – two printings in 1987 and 1988. * .

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