Sketches from a Secret War: A Polish Artist’s Mission to Liberate Soviet Ukraine

This book is a groundbreaking work of historical nonfiction that sheds new light on the foundations of Soviet power and the ideals of those who resisted it.

Through the arc of Henryk Józewski's life, the book demonstrates how his tolerant policies towards Ukrainians in Volhynia were part of Poland's plans to roll back the communist threat.

Drawing on newly available archival materials, the book rescues Józewski and his Polish milieu from oblivion, providing a fresh perspective on Ukrainian, Polish, and Soviet history during the interwar period.

With an epilogue that connects Józewski's legacy to the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the democratic revolution in Ukraine in 2004, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in the complex history of East Europe's borderlands.