Books Recommended by The Pinkowski Institute

This military biography of Tadeusz Kosciuszko concentrates on his remarkable engineering achievements in the American Revolution during the years 1776-1783. at Fort Ticonderoga, Kosciuszko sought to fortify the nearby and dominating height of Mount Defiance, but General Philip Schuyler failed to heed his advice and lost the bastion to the British. At Saratoga, Kosciuszko's strong position on Bemis Heights blocked the British march on Albany. Thus he destroyed their Grand Strategy for the conquest of the colonies.

At West Point, Kosciuszko carried out General George Washington's strategy of controlling the Hudson River. The brilliant engineer built a fortress the British dared not attack In the South, Kosciuszko gave General Nathaniel Greene's army an amphibious capability to cross rivers and march rapidly around the British and gain victory.

Returning to Poland, Kosciuszko defended his country against rapacious neighbors. He returned to his adopted country in 1797, but Vice President Thomas Jefferson sent him on a secret diplomatic mission to France, where Kosciuszko persuaded the French government to change its war threatening behavior toward America.

Published by: Southwest Polonia Press, 1998 (El Paso) - 334 pages, illustrations (hard cover)

Papers delivered at the Pulaski Conference at the Museum in Warka, 8-12 October 1997 (English and Polish versions in one volume)

Contents:

Introduction - Ewa Bem-Wisniewska

Pulaskis of the Slepowron Crest - Slawomir Gorzynski

Casimir Pulaski in Popular Literature from the Period of the Bar Confederacy - Janusz Maciejewski

Casimir Pulaski in Polish Memoirs - Jacek Wojcicki

Casimir Pulaski in Romantic Literary Legend - Stanislaw Makowski

Presence of Casimir Pulaski in Polish Literature during the 19th and 20th Centuries - Magdalena Rudkowska

Casimir Pulaski: The Unknown American Hero - David Stefancic

The Pulaski Phenomenon in the Polish American Community - Regina Gorzkowska
General Pulaski's Body - Edward Pinkowski

Afterword - Janusz Maciejewski

Published by: Wydawnictwo DiG, 1998 (Warsaw)- 228 pages, several b/w photographs (hard cover)