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

Polish–Soviet War The Polish–Soviet War (Polish–Bolshevik War, Polish–Soviet War, Polish–Russian War 1919–1921) * russian: Советско-польская война (''Sovetsko-polskaya voyna'', Soviet-Polish War), Польский фронт (' ...

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

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, who wrote its foreword, 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 under the

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

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