Liberty's Double-Edged Sword: The Liberum Veto and the Destruction of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Liberty's Double-Edged Sword explores one of the most famous episodes in Polish history, McKenna shows how the earliest and largest republic in Europe was brought crashing down by political leaders who cynically took advantage of  the very civil liberties they should have defended.
 
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Liberty's Double-Edged Sword: The Liberum Veto and the Destruction of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Liberty's Double-Edged Sword explores one of the most famous episodes in Polish history, McKenna shows how the earliest and largest republic in Europe was brought crashing down by political leaders who cynically took advantage of  the very civil liberties they should have defended.
 
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Liberty's Double-Edged Sword: The Liberum Veto and the Destruction of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Liberty's Double-Edged Sword: The Liberum Veto and the Destruction of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

by Catherine McKenna
Liberty's Double-Edged Sword: The Liberum Veto and the Destruction of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Liberty's Double-Edged Sword: The Liberum Veto and the Destruction of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

by Catherine McKenna

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Overview

Liberty's Double-Edged Sword explores one of the most famous episodes in Polish history, McKenna shows how the earliest and largest republic in Europe was brought crashing down by political leaders who cynically took advantage of  the very civil liberties they should have defended.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780822965763
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Publication date: 09/09/2025
Series: Russian and East European Studies Series
Edition description: 1
Pages: 300
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Catherine McKenna is a member of the faculty at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 
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