Beata Halicka’s masterly narrated biography is the story of an extraordinary man and leading intellectual in the Polish-American community. Z. Anthony Kruszewski was first a Polish scout fighting in World War II against the Nazi occupiers, then a Prisoner of War/Displaced Person in Western Europe. He was stranded as a penniless immigrant in post-war America and eventually became a world-renowned academic. Kruszewski’s almost incredible life stands out from his entire generation. His story is a microcosm of 20th-century history, covering various theatres and incorporating key events and individuals. Kruszewski walks a stage very few people have even stood on, both as an eye-witness at the centre of the Second World War, and later as vice-president of the Polish American Congress, and a professor and political scientist at world-class universities in the USA. Not only did he become a pioneer and a leading figure in Borderland Studies, but he is a borderlander in every sense of the word.

Chapter 1 Family and Childhood in Warsaw (pages: 1–30)

Chapter 2 The Underground and the Warsaw Rising (pages: 31–73)

Chapter 3 In German Captivity (pages: 75–92)

Chapter 4 In Western Europe – Facing Difficult Choices (pages: 93–124)

Chapter 5 In the Pay of the British – the Highs and Lows of Life in Britain (pages: 125–147)

Chapter 6 Chicago, Chicago (pages: 149–202)

Chapter 7 1959: Pioneering Research on the Polish-German Borderlands (pages: 203–227)

Chapter 8 In Chicago Once Again – Between Academic Work and Polonia Activities (pages: 229–266)

Chapter 9 A Professor at Borderland Universities (pages: 267–300)

Chapter 10 Activities in Poland and its Eastern Neighbouring Countries (pages: 301–353 Plates (pages: 355–358)

Nuova Antologia Militare 09/2021

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Polish American Studies 78, no. 2 (2021): 83–86.
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