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ROMEK & WANDA - THE GREATEST POLITICAL, FAITH & LOVE STORY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
— Romuald Spasowski
From the 1986 Kirkus Reviews for The Liberation of One, we read: On December 19, 1981, the Polish Ambassador to the US faced the TV cameras and announced that he had become a defector because martial law had been imposed on his native land. Spasowski has now written his life story: the spiritual and intellectual journey of a boy who grew up to become a dedicated communist, who rose high in the ranks of the party and who eventually came to believe that the creed to which he had dedicated his life had turned Poland into a "colony" of Soviet Russia.
He served with the Polish military mission during the Nuremberg Trials, was ambassador to Argentina, India and (twice) the US. Before his final posting, he became Deputy Foreign Minister--one of Poland's highest offices. He knew Gomulka, Gromyko, Castro, Kennedy, Indira Ghandi and Juan Peron. At times, he sounds like Pasternak, at times, Dostoevsky. In sum: a compelling, chilling, illuminating story.
The original book, The Liberation of One, Romek Spasowski dedicated to his wife, Wanda. This new reprint is titled, Romek & Wanda, because they were a team who shared one of the most remarkable political, faith and love stories of the Twentieth Century.
Paperback. 720 pages.