Prof. Andrzej Paczkowski (born 1 October 1938 in

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) is a Polish

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. Professor of

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, director of Modern History Studies in the Political Institute of

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, member of Collegium of

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. In 1960 he finished studies at the history department of the

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. In 1966 Paczkowski defended his doctorate thesis, and was habilitated in 1975. In 1990 he was given the professor degree. In 1974-1995 (for 7 terms) he was a president of the Polish Mountaineering Association (Polski Związek Alpinizmu).

Works

* ''Prasa polonijna w latach 1870-1939: zarys problematyki'' (1977) * ''Prasa i społeczność polska we Francji w latach 1920-1940'' (Press and the Polish Community in France 1920-1940) (1979) * ''Prasa polska w latach 1918-1939'' (Polish Press 1918-1939) (1980) * '' Stanisław Mikołajczyk 1901-1966. Zarys biografii politycznej'' (1991) * ''Pół wieku dziejów Polski 1939-1989'' (Half Century of the History of Poland 1939-1989) (2000) * ''Od sfałszowanego zwycięstwa do prawdziwej klęski: szkice do portretu PRL'' (1999) * ''Droga do "mniejszego zła": strategia i taktyka obozu władzy; lipiec 1980 - styczeń 1982'' (2001) * ''Strajki, bunty, manifestacje jako "polska droga" przez socjalizm'' (Strikes, Revolts, Manifestations as the "Polish Way" through Socialism) (2003) * ''Wojna polsko-jaruzelska'' (2006) * ''Trzy twarze Józefa Światły: przyczynek do historii komunizmu w Polsce'' (2009)

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