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Wandycz, Piotr Stefan was born on September 20, 1923 in Krakow, Poland. Son of Damian Stanislaw and Stefania (Dunikowska) Wandycz.
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France and her Eastern Allies, 1919–1925 was first published in 1962. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. Relations between France, Czechoslovakia, and Poland occupied an important position in European diplomacy in the years between World War I and World War II. Beginning with the breakdown of the old political, social, and economic order on the Continent during the first World War, these relations went through many changes. This book deals with the crucial period from the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 to the signing of the Locarno Pact in 1925. During this time France attempted to establish an eastern barrier of buffer states with Poland and Czechoslovakia at the core, with the aim of keeping Germany and Bolshevik Russia apart. This, France hoped, would guarantee European peace and security. Although an effective eastern barrier was never realized, the attempt to create one was a worthy and important undertaking. Professor Wandycz considers in detail the various aspects of the complex relationship between France and the two western Slav states — geographic, economic, social, and political. In addition, he provides a clear and interesting picture of some of the personalities involved. Through the use of hitherto unpublished source material, he throws new light on many events of general European diplomatic history as well as on Polish, French, and Czechoslovak foreign policy in particular.
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The Lands of Partitioned Poland, 1795-1918 comprehensively covers an important, complex, and controversial period in the history of Poland and East Central Europe, beginning in 1795 when the remnanst of the Polish Commonwealth were distributed among Prussia, Austria, and Russia, and culminating in 1918 with the re-establishment of an independent Polish state. Until this thorough and authoritative study, literature on the subject in English has been limited to a few chapters in multiauthored works. Chronologically, Wandycz traces the histories of the lands under Prussian, Austrian, and Russian rule, pointing out their divergent evolution as well as the threads that bound them together. The result is a balanced, comprehensive picture of the social, political, economic, and cultural developments of all nationalities inhabiting the land of the old commonwealth, rather than a limited history of one state (Poland) and one people (the Poles).
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(The Lands of Partitioned Poland, 1795-1918 comprehensivel...)
The Lands of Partitioned Poland, 1795-1918 comprehensively covers an important, complex, and controversial period in the history of Poland and East Central Europe, beginning in 1795 when the remnanst of the Polish Commonwealth were distributed among Prussia, Austria, and Russia, and culminating in 1918 with the re-establishment of an independent Polish state. Until this thorough and authoritative study, literature on the subject in English has been limited to a few chapters in multiauthored works. Chronologically, Wandycz traces the histories of the lands under Prussian, Austrian, and Russian rule, pointing out their divergent evolution as well as the threads that bound them together. The result is a balanced, comprehensive picture of the social, political, economic, and cultural developments of all nationalities inhabiting the land of the old commonwealth, rather than a limited history of one state (Poland) and one people (the Poles).
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Praca analizuje wazny epizod z historii dyplomatycznych (i nie tylko dyplomatycznych) stosunkow polskolitewskich w latach miedzywojennych: ultimatum polskie z 17 marca 1938 r. Zwiezle studium zostalo podzielone na dziewiec rozdzialow. Autor skrotowo przestawil geneze ultimatum, slusznie dopatrujac sie jej w niezakonczonym sporze litewsko-polskim ciagnacym sie od poczatku okresu miedzywojennego. Nastepnie szczegolowo omowil incydent graniczny, ktory stal sie pretekstem wystapienia polskiej dyplomacji, dzialania polskiego MSZ, litewskie reakcje, a takze echa miedzynarodowe. Autor zamiescil tez syntetyczna charakterystyke polsko-litewskich relacji po przyjeciu polskich warunkow przez Litwe. Oryginalna dokumentacja zrodlowa, poszerzona o kwerende owczesnej prasy, wspomnienia osob bezposrednio zwiazanych z wydarzeniem.
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A fascinating history of Polish foreign affairs from the Piast Dynasty (tenth century to 1370) up until 2004. Contains a very good section on Polish diplomacy in World War Two.
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The Price of Freedom surveys and explains the fascinating and intricate history of East Central Europe - the present day countries of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. Taking a thematic approach, the author explores such issues and controversies as the tension between the industrial developed West and the agrarian East Central Europe, the rise of modern nationalism, democracy and authoritarianism and Communism. While the countries of East Central Europe have differed dramatically from one another, the author asserts that they have been bound by a certain community of fate. These comparisons are traced through the Middle Ages and the Early Modern era to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This exploration reveals that it is no accident that the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland were the first among the former Soviet bloc nations to be admitted to NATO, and are likely to become the first members of the expanded European Union. Thus an understanding of their experiences, contributions and their place within the European community of nations vastly enriches our knowledge of Europe's past and present. The second edition of this distinguished book brings the history of the region up to date. It discusses the events of the post-communist decade of the 1990s and the problems resulting from the transition to democracy and market economy.
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Podstawowy zrab tych rozmow powstal na przelomie 1999 i 2000 roku, kiedy mialem okazje przebywac w Nowym Jorku, prowadzac badania nad dziejami polskiej mysli federalistycznej w Stanach Zjednoczonych. Obok profesorow Feliksa Grossa, Mariana K. Dziewanowskiego i szeregu innych waznych osob, Profesor Piotr Wandycz stal sie dla mnie swego rodzaju cicerone po tajnikach zarowno federalizmu, jak i dziejow polskiej emigracji po II wojnie swiatowej.
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Wandycz, Piotr Stefan was born on September 20, 1923 in Krakow, Poland. Son of Damian Stanislaw and Stefania (Dunikowska) Wandycz.
Bachelor, Cambridge University, 1948. Master of Arts, Cambridge University, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, London University, 1951.
Master of Arts (honorary), Yale University, 1968. DHC, Wroclaw University, 1993. DHC, Sorbonne University, Paris, 1997.
DHC, Jagiellonian University, 2000. DHC, Catholic University Lublin, 2004.
Instructor to associate professor of history, Indiana U., 1954-1966; fellow, Harvard's Russian Research Center, 1963-1965; associate professor of history, Yale University, 1966-1968; professor, Yale University, 1968-1989; chairman Russian and East European council, Yale University, 1974-1976, 81-83; Bradford Durfee professor, Yale University, 1989-1997; professor emeritus, Yale University, since 1997. Visiting professor of history Columbia University, 1967, 69, 74.
(The Lands of Partitioned Poland, 1795-1918 comprehensivel...)
(The Lands of Partitioned Poland, 1795-1918 comprehensivel...)
( Although France, Poland, and Czechoslovakia were in jeo...)
(Podstawowy zrab tych rozmow powstal na przelomie 1999 i 2...)
(The Price of Freedom surveys and explains the fascinating...)
(Praca analizuje wazny epizod z historii dyplomatycznych (...)
(A fascinating history of Polish foreign affairs from the ...)
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(Book by Wandycz, Piotr S.)
(An interesting book.)
(8vo. 454pp. Hardback with DJ.)
Author: Czechoslovak-Polish Confederation and Great Powers, 1956, France and Her Eastern Allies, 1962, Soviet-Polish Relations, 1969, The Lands of Partitioned Poland, 1974, United States and Poland, 1980, August Zaleski, 1980, Polska i Zagranica, 1986, The Twilight of French Eastern Alliances, 1988, Z Dziejow dyplomacji, 1988, Polish Diplomacy 1914-1945, 1988, The Price of Freedom, 1992, 2nd edition, 2001, Die Freiheit und ihr Preis, 1993, Pod zaborami, 1994, Cena wolnosci, 1995, second edition, 2003, Laisves Kaina, 1997, Stredni Evropa v Dejinach, 1998, Tsenata na svobodata, 1999, Z Pilsudskim i Sikorskim, 1999, Il prezzo della liberta, 2001, O Federalizmie i emigracji, 2003, Pax Europaea, 2003, O Czasach Dawniejszych i Blizszych, 2009. Co-author: Historia Europy Srodkowo-Wschodniej, 2000, Histoire de l'Europe du Centre-Est 2004, Tsina Slobody, 2004, A Szabaeag Ara, 2004, Aleksander Skrzynski, 2006. Co-editor: Wojna Polsko-Bolszewicka, 2003, Reflection on Polish Foreign Policy, 2007.
Contributor articles to professional journals. Member editorial board Slavic Review, International History Review, Polish Review, Polin., East European Politics and Society, Acta Poloniae Historica.
Served as Second lieutenant Polish Army, 1942-1945. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (honorary, Wayne Vucinich prize 1989), American History Association (George Louis Beer prize 1962, 89), Polish History Association (honorary), Polish Academy Arts and Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Polish Institute Arts and Sciences (president 1999-2008), Polish Society Abroad (A. Lenkszewicz prize 1991, Oscar Halecki History award 1997), Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (Hlavka medal 1992, A. Gieysztor prize 2004, J. Nowak Jezioranski prize, 2006), Czechoslovak Society Arts and Sciences.
Married Maria Teresa Chrzaszcz, August 13, 1963. Children: Anna, Joanna, Antoni.