Centered around Konstanty Gaszynski's book from the mid-nineteenth century, "The Remainder of the Memoires About Casimir Pulaski by Maciej Rogowski" and surrounded by articles from Polish and American scholars, "The Pulaski Reader" is a great source to find out about this military leader who was famous in Poland and Revolutionary America. In addition to leading a revolt against Russia in the Bar Revolt (1767 – 1772), Pulaski was also the first commander of cavalry of the American Army who ...

Józef Piłsudski (1868-1935) is the heroic and controversial leader of the reconstituted Poland that emerged out of World War I. He was a revolutionary who defeated the Red Armies outside of Warsaw and although he never held an elected office, he placed his personal stamp on the development of the Pre-War Polish Republic. In some ways he was a visionary for the era (A Federation of Eastern States, free education, woman's suffrage) he also was responsible for a dominant military presence and...