. >> of the prominent workers, lech walesa spent part of the weekend reinforcing the link between thed workers and the catholic church. >> it is important to understand solidarity without the impact of john paul ii. >> the soviets are nervous about john paul ii, he is anti-communist and beloved by the pols. they're pressuring the government how to keep control. >> the strike by polish ship yard workers is over. for the polish strikers, it was a day worthy of hyperbole, lech walesa telling his followers, we are now co masters of this land. >> lech walesa and solidarity are showing that you could have an independent union in a communist country. and the question was, how independent were they going to be allowed to be? >> how the u.s. deals with poland, with the eastern block and with russia, the early challenges for the foreign policy of the president elect ronald reagan. >> reagan spent much of his career blasting the soviet union, attacking any republican or democrat who said we can negotiate. he had been the leading opponent of detente, the policy of trying to ease relations with th

>> guest: a deal with the devil appeared she argues the young man who like walesa came and lbj's orbit were in fact dealing with the devil and making a bargain with the devil. they got something for it that they. a steep price as well. >> host: a new book out on the american revolution. what are we going to learn? >> guest: paul is the former head of the art department at mt. holyoke college but also an historian and the story of the revolution through the lens of the five great painters of the era charles wilson peeled john trumbull john coughlin benjamin west. they are a fascinating group of men to begin with but you see the revolution through completely different eyes when you study the paintings they did which are so iconic of the time. they were very influential in guiding americans feelings at the time towards britain. there were plenty of paintings that arouse positive sentiment for england and many that supported the cause but each of the artists had their own connection to the revolution. peel did portraits of people at valley forge. e-5 at the battle of princeton. john trumbu