Unvanquished Joseph Pilsudski, Resurrected Poland and the Struggle for Eastern Europe

Name: Unvanquished Joseph Pilsudski, Resurrected Poland and the Struggle for Eastern Europe
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ISBN: 9780983656319

ISBN-10: 0983656312

ISBN-13: 9780983656319

Edition: 2nd 2012

Authors: Peter Hetherington

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Benjamin Franklin Award Finalist for History Telling the epic story of Joseph Pilsudski, the father of Polish independence, this vivid biography reads like an adventure novel, including swashbuckling tales of both World Wars, a plot to kill the czar, Siberian exile, life in the underground, a dramatic prison escape, and one of the most successful train robberies in European history. Although he is largely either unknown or misunderstood in the West, Pilsudski was a consequential historical figure whose defeat of the Red Army in 1920 preserved Poland’s sovereignty and quite possibly spared Europe from Bolshevik revolution. This extensive and definitive account of Pilsudski's life places this…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Pingora Press
Publication date: 5/10/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 752
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 2.552
Language: English



List of Maps and Illustrations


List of Abbreviations


Notes


Introduction



Triumph and Tragedy: A Brief History of Poland



The Citadel



Man of Destiny



Old Poland



The Jagiellonian Adventure



The Noble Republic



The Partitions - Poland in Purgatory



Insurrectionist: 1867-1914



Early Life



Enemy of the State



The Lost Cause



War and Revolution-Dress Rehearsal



The Great Train Robbery



Waiting on Events



War Hero: 1914-1921



The Great War-Poland's Great Opportunity



Change of Plans



Poland Reconsidered



The End of Empires



Poland Reborn



The Struggle for the Borders



Trial by Fire



Preemptive Wars



"Miracle on the Vistula"



The Red Tide Recedes



Head of State: 1921-1935



Friends and Enemies



Retirement and Regrets



The Coup



Revolution without Consequences



The Reluctant Dictator



The Elections of 1928



Into the Abyss



Last Days



The Laws of Greatness



Without Pilsudski


Pilsudski Timeline


Pilsudski Awards


Pilsudski Sejm Resolutions


Pilsudski Family


Bibliography


Index