| Description |
1 online resource (623 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Introduction -- 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 -- Epliogue -- Pilsudski family trees |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Piłsudski, Józef, 1867-1935.
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| SUBJECT |
Piłsudski, Józef, 1867-1935 fast |
| Subject |
Heads of state -- Poland -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
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Heads of state
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| SUBJECT |
Poland -- History -- 1864-1918. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85104089
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Poland -- History -- 1918-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85104098
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| Subject |
Poland
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0674275845 |
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9780674275850 |
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0674275853 |
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9780674275843 |
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