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First published in 1939, Marshal Pilsudski presents a comprehensive biographical history of Józef Klemens Pi¿sudski (1867-1935). This book discusses various facets of his life and is an important historical reference work.
List of contents
Preface Introduction 1. Birth and Parentage (1867- 1877) 2. Life in Wilno (1875- 1885) 3. Undergraduate Life (1885-1887) 4. Siberia (1887- 1892) 5. The Polish Socialist Party (P.P.S.) 6. Pilsudski as P.P.S. Agitator (1893- 1900) 7. Pilsudski in Prison (1900- 1901) 8. Work for the P.P.S. in Europe and Japan (1902- 1905) 9. Pilsudski and the Militants (1905- 1908) 10. Bezdany (26 September 1908) 11. Pilsudski and the Riflemen (1980- 1914) 12. Pilsudski in the Great War (1914) 13. Pilsudski and the Legions (1915- 1916) 14. Pilsudski and “Independent Poland” (1917) 15. Pilsudski A Prisoner (July 1917- November 1918) 16. The Restoration of Poland (November 1918) 17. Pilsudski and the New Poland (December 1918- February 1919) 18. Pilsudski and Parliament (1919) 19. Wilno and the Ukraine (1919) 20. The Russo - Polish War (1920) 21. The Decisive Phase (August- October, 1920) 22. Pilsudski and Poland (1920- 1921) 23. Poland in 1922 24. The Polish Crisis (1922) 25. The Polish Presidency (December 1922) 26. Pilsudski’s Retirement (1923) 27. Pilsudski at Sulejowek (August,1923) 28. Pilsudski in 1924 29. The Pilsudski Question (1925) 30. Pilsudski and the Government (1926) 31. The “Events of May” (1926) 32. The Pilsudski Regime (June, 1926- 1927) 33. Constitutional Friction (1928) 34. Regime v. Seym (1929) 35. Pilsudski’s Triumph (1930) 36. Pilsudski in Madeira and Poland (1931) 37. Pilsudski in 1932- 1933 38. Pilsudski’s Last Triumphs (1933- 1935) 39. The Final Scenes (1935) 40. The Standpoint of 1939 Index
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William Fiddian Reddaway was an academic and author in the very late 19th and early 20th centuries
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First published in 1939, Marshal Pilsudski presents a comprehensive biographical history of Józef Klemens Pilsudski (1867-1935). This book discusses various facets of his life and is an important historical reference work.
