- I. Introduction / David Stefancic
- II. Napoleonic era. The Polish military in the Napoleonic era / John Stanley. At a gallop : the charge at SomoSierra (1808) / David Stefancic
- III. World War I. The militarization of the discourse of Polish politics and the Legion movement of the First World War / M.B. Biskupski. Pilsudski's Polish Legions : the formation of a national army without a nation state / David Stefancic. The Polish Army in France / Joseph Hapak
- IV. World War II. Polish military in exile : political and strategic goals / Alfred Peszke. Poles in Scotland / Alan Carswell. Polish military aviation / Alfred Peszke.
This book presents a new perspective on the Polish struggle for freedom and independence. It examines three historical periods - the Napoleonic Wars, World War I, and World War II - when Poles were forced to fight in other nations' armies to defend a Poland that seemed lost to history. Stefanic considers how Poland survived even though aggressive neighbors has eliminated it from the map. Stefancic's essays provide a general overview of each period and examines specific events. He addresses such questions as how the soldiers' maintained their national identity while serving in a foreign army and the ways in which they related to foreign cultures.
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