Marshal Pilsudski - Paperback

by W. F. Reddaway (Author)

First published in 1939, Marshal Pilsudski presents a comprehensive biographical history of Józef Klemens Pilsudski (1867-1935). He was a Polish statesman who served as the Chief of State (1918-1922) 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 This is an important historical reference work for scholars and researchers of Polish history, World War I history, European history and Military history.

Author Biography

William Fiddian Reddaway was an academic and author in the very late 19th and early 20th centuries