First published in 1939, Marshal Pilsudski presents a comprehensive biographical history of Józef Klemens Pisudski (1867-1935). He was a Polish statesman who served as the Chief of State (19181922) and first Marshal of Poland (from 1920). He was viewed as the father of the Second Polish Republic, which was re-established in 1918.
This book discusses various facets of his life such as birth and parentage (1867- 1877); life in Wilno (1875- 1885); undergraduate life (1885-1887); Pilsudski as P.P.S. agitator; Pilsudski in the Great War (1914); Pilsudski and the New Poland; Pilsudski and Parliament; the Polish crisis (1922); the Pilsudski question; constitutional friction (1928); Pilsudski in Madeira and Poland and his last triumphs. This is an important historical reference work for scholars and researchers of Polish history, World War I history, European history and Military history.
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. Pilsudskis 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. Pilsudskis Triumph (1930)
36.
Pilsudski in Madeira and Poland (1931)
37. Pilsudski in 1932- 1933
38.
Pilsudskis Last Triumphs (1933- 1935)
39. The Final Scenes (1935)
40. The
Standpoint of 1939 Index
William Fiddian Reddaway was an academic and author in the very late 19th and early 20th centuries
