and quot;This volume appears as the result of a conference held at the school of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London in April 1989 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Soviet takeover of eastern Poland and quot;. So first and foremost this means these works had limited access to the then opening Soviet archives. The authors admit that more research is needed and that time was running out to actually speak to individuals who through the events of 1939-1941. Anyone who reads this may also be interested in other works by these authors, as well as related works by other authors after 1991 as more Soviet files, documents, and information was accessible to scholars. Whether you like this or not probably is completely dependent upon how many of the essays you appreciate. I thought all but the two on literary aspects were quite good. Each provides an aspect of the invasion and occupation. Each is rather self-explanatory. See the list of essays below.