Bitter Glory

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After only 21 years of turbulent independence, Poland was again overrun by a powerful neighbor, when in 1939 the German army invaded the country, pushing the Polish government into exile. This riveting narrative describes the cataclysmic events from 1918-1939 that led to the demise of Poland's short-lived independence, and recounts the career of Jozef Pilsudski, the revolutionary whose romanticcause won the admiration of everyone from Polish Jews to Adolf Hitler.

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After only 21 years of turbulent independence, Poland was again overrun by a powerful neighbor, when in 1939 the German army invaded the country, pushing the Polish government into exile. This riveting narrative describes the cataclysmic events from 1918-1939 that led to the demise of Poland's short-lived independence, and recounts the career of Jozef Pilsudski, the revolutionary whose romanticcause won the admiration of everyone from Polish Jews to Adolf Hitler.

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After only 21 years of turbulent independence, Poland was again overrun by a powerful neighbor, when in 1939 the German army invaded the country, pushing the Polish government into exile. This riveting narrative describes the cataclysmic events from 1918-1939 that led to the demise of Poland's short-lived independence, and recounts the career of Jozef Pilsudski, the revolutionary whose romanticcause won the admiration of everyone from Polish Jews to Adolf Hitler.

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Florence Waszkelewicz Clowes