The United States and the Rebirth of Poland, 1914-1918

History of International Relations, Diplomacy and Intelligence, 21
(History of International Relations Library, 32)

By the end of World War I, an independent Polish state had re-emerged on the map after an absence of 123 years. This was a very complicated process and involved many factors as well as the dynamics caused by the war. On of the principal actors was the United States. Using an enormous amount of unpublished material, the author reconstructs the vital role of the United States in the Rebirth of Poland.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Abbreviations for Archival References Preface

Chapter 1: The Background
Chapter 2: The Poles and the War
Chapter 3: Turning Suffering to Political Account
Chapter 4: The Poles as Enemy Aliens: Espionage and Subversion
Chapter 5: The International Politics of Polish Relief
Chapter 6: The Consolidation of International Polish Politics
Chapter 7: Wilson, the Poles, and American Politics
Chapter 8: Washington and the Wartime Diplomacy of the Polish Question
Chapter 9: An Army, a Government in Exile, and an Attempted Coup by Paderewski
Chapter 10: Noble Words, Mean Treatment
Chapter 11: America's Final Reckoning with Polonia
Chapter 12: Defining Poland
Chapter 13: The United States and the Rebirth of Poland:
A Retrospective View
Bibliography
Index

About the Author
M. B. B. Biskupski, holds a Ph. D. from Yale University. He has published many books and articles dealing largely with Polish themes. He is the President of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America and holds many fellowships, awards, and prizes.