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Reviews 559their Catholic churches. In a sense this observation is borne out even today.Demkovyc-Dobrjans'kyj brings his narration to 1 November 1918, describingevents in Lviv on that day, when Polish-Ukrainian relations entered a new,extremely acute, phase of conflict.The author makes two small mistakes. Demkovyc-Dobrjans'kyj is wrong aboutthe Ukrainian economic emigration to Prussia. As shown by the research of AndrzejBrozek, based on former German archives accessible after the Second World War,the suspicion of Polish political spheres in Galicia that there was a secret agreementbetween Ukrainian Nationalists and Prussian authorities to support Ukrainian agriculturaland industrial workers in Germany against Poles was justified. Both sidesderived political benefits from the pact. Germany eliminated the need to employPoles in its eastern provinces, which made the germanization of those areas easier.Ukrainians gained an important trump card in their economic struggle against largelandowners in Eastern Galicia: the changed labor market deprived Poles of theiremployers' monopoly." The second error is minor, indeed: Jozef Buszko is not aWarsaw historian; in fact, he teaches at the Jagellonian University in Cracow.In sum, Demkovyc-Dobrjans'kyj's work provides rich material for reflection onan important stage in Polish-Ukrainian relations, and does so in an extraordinarilybalanced and objective way.Andrzej A. ZiebaJagellonian University, CracowMOSCOW AND THE VATICAN. By Alexis Ulysses Floridi. AnnArbor: Ardis, 1986. 279 pp. $23.50.In Moscow and the Vatican, Alexis Floridi traces the twists and turns of theVatican's approach to the Soviet Union since 1917, focusing on its Ostpolitik in the1970s. Yet his book is really an account of the reaction of Soviet dissidents to thispolicy. By presenting us with their critique of Vatican policies, Floridi makes animpassioned plea against the Holy See's tendency to conciliate Communist regimes.Floridi, who has ministered for many years to Russian and Ukrainian refugees,speaks as an insider profoundly disillusioned with his church's policy toward itsSoviet and East European brethren. Herein lies the strength and weakness of thisbook. As one who is familiar with the church hierarchy and with the Soviet emigreand dissident community, he brings knowledge and passion to his subject, but thisproximity hinders a more searching and clear-headed examination of Vatican policy.11Andrzej Brozek, "Zatrudnianie robotnikow ukrairiskich w przemysle gdrnosla.skim przedpierwsz^ wojna^ swiatow^," Studia i Materiaiy z Dziejow Slqska (Wroclaw), 10(1970): 295-324.