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After the hopeful anti-Soviet stirrings of October 1956, the Polish Defense Ministry announced that it was about to add an important American book to its historical series on World War II. Finally, last week, after unexplained delays, the book was out, and the censor did not alter a word. It was Krucjata w Europie (Crusade in Europe), by Dwight D. Eisenhower. Its price: 90 zlotys ($3.75), or a day and a half’s pay for the average Polish worker. Within 48 hours after Krucjata hit the stands, all 10,000 copies were sold out.
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