Connecting with the West : the Piast Dynasty
Embracing the East : the Lithuanian connection
Spreading southward : the Jagiellonian moment in East-Central Europe
Crafting a center : the commonwealth of both nations
Part II. The Europe of Poland
The commonwealth, part I : Sarmatia ascendant
The commonwealth, Part II : Sarmatia besieged
The commonwealth, part III : Sarmatia transformed
Part III. Europe without Poland
Sarmatia dissolved : "Poland has not yet perished"
Poles in arms : "For our freedom and for yours"
Poles are not Iroquois : the nation at work
Part IV. Poland in Europe and the world
Phoenix reborn : the Second Republic
Phoenix ablaze : under Hitler and Stalin
People's Poland : from Stalinism to Solidarity
Epilogue: Poland's "return" to Europe.
