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082 00 943.804092B |223/eng/20220105
100 1  Zimmerman, Joshua D., |eauthor.
245 10 Jozef Pilsudski : |bfounding father of modern Poland / |cJoshua D Zimmerman.
264  1 Cambridge, Massachusetts : |bHarvard University Press, |c2022.
300    x, 623 pages : |billustrations, maps ; |c25 cm
336    text |btxt |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |bn |2rdamedia
338    volume |bnc |2rdacarrier
504    Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0  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.
520    "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"-- |cProvided by publisher.
591    Record updated by Marcive brief record update service 24 June 2024
599    Shelved at 48-5-4
600 10 Piłsudski, Józef, |d1867-1935.
650  0 Heads of state |zPoland |vBiography.
651  0 Poland |xHistory |y1864-1918.
651  0 Poland |xHistory |y1918-1945.
655  7 Biographies. |2lcgft
852 0   |breceiving |kShelved at 48-5-5