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Overview
- Summary
- "An authoritative biography of Jozef Pilsudski, a key figure in interwar Europe regarded as the founding hero of a pluralistic and democratic modern Poland. After the first elected president was assassinated, Pilsudski lost faith in Poles' commitment to democracy, led a military coup, and ruled as a strongman, leaving a complicated legacy"-- Provided by publisher.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2022
- Locale
- Poland
- Contents
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Childhood and adolescence
Exile and romance
Socialist leader and conspirator
Into the international arena
Party leadership and arrest
An extraordinary escape and a new home in Austrian Galicia
Creating a party platform
From a Tokyo mission to the Union of Active Struggle
Building an armed force for independence
The Polish legions and the beginnings of World War I
An emerging national leader
The father of independent Poland
Statesman and diplomat
The state builder
From the first years of peace to the 1926 coup
The path to authoritarian rule
Poland in a changing world
Pilsudski's last year. - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Childhood and adolescence -- Exile and romance -- Socialist leader and conspirator -- Into the international arena -- Party leadership and arrest -- An extraordinary escape and a new home in Austrian Galicia -- Creating a party platform -- From a Tokyo mission to the Union of Active Struggle -- Building an armed force for independence -- The Polish legions and the beginnings of World War I -- An emerging national leader -- The father of independent Poland -- Statesman and diplomat -- The state builder -- From the first years of peace to the 1926 coup -- The path to authoritarian rule -- Poland in a changing world -- Pilsudski's last year.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780674984271
- Physical Description
- x, 623 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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