Jozef Pilsudski : founding father of modern Poland /
Zimmerman, Joshua D.,
Jozef Pilsudski : founding father of modern Poland / Joshua D Zimmerman. - x, 623 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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.
"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"--
9780674984271
2021047231
Piłsudski, Józef, 1867-1935.
Heads of state--Poland--Biography.
Poland--History--1864-1918.
Poland--History--1918-1945.
DK4420.P5 / Z56 2022
943.804092 B
Jozef Pilsudski : founding father of modern Poland / Joshua D Zimmerman. - x, 623 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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.
"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"--
9780674984271
2021047231
Piłsudski, Józef, 1867-1935.
Heads of state--Poland--Biography.
Poland--History--1864-1918.
Poland--History--1918-1945.
DK4420.P5 / Z56 2022
943.804092 B