Open AccessJózef Piłsudski na progu niepodległości Polski
Author(s) -
Jerzy Gaul
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
studia historyczne
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0025-1429
DOI - 10.12797/sh.61.2018.03.04
Subject(s) - dictator , loyalty , independence (probability theory) , compromise , law , political science , state (computer science) , theology , philosophy , politics , mathematics , statistics , algorithm
Józef Piłsudski At The Wake of Poland's Independence. An Successful Statesman And Lost Politician
Piłsudski’s engagement in the creation of the Polish military and independence movement in the years 1914-1922 established his position not only as a commander, leader, ‘moral dictator’, but also a statesman. Yet, the more Piłsudski let himself be driven by high reasons, instead of personal issues, the more he lost as a soldier and politician. He paid a high price for his moral convictions, which limited the margin of loyalty and the possibility of compromise, as well as removed the possibility of resigning from the program of struggle for the Polish state and its army.