Jozef Pilsudski : : Founding Father of Modern Poland / / Joshua D. Zimmerman.
The story of the enigmatic Jozef Pilsudski, the founding father of modern Poland: a brilliant military leader and high-minded statesman who betrayed his own democratic vision by seizing power in a military coup. In the story of modern Poland, no one stands taller than Jozef Pilsudski. From the age o...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Note on Polish Pronunciation
- List of Maps
- Introduction
- 1 Childhood and Adolescence
- 2 Exile and Romance
- 3 Socialist Leader and Conspirator
- 4 Into the International Arena
- 5 Party Leadership and Arrest
- 6 An Extraordinary Escape and a New Home in Austrian Galicia
- 7 Creating a Party Platform
- 8 From a Tokyo Mission to the Union of Active Struggle
- 9 Building an Armed Force for Independence
- 10 The Polish Legions and the Beginnings of World War I
- 11 An Emerging National Leader
- 12 The Father of Independent Poland
- 13 Statesman and Diplomat
- 14 The State Builder
- 15 From the First Years of Peace to the 1926 Coup
- 16 The Path to Authoritarian Rule
- 17 Poland in a Changing World
- 18 Pilsudski’s Last Year
- Epilogue
- Pilsudski Family Trees
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Illustration Credits
- Index