Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Introduction xiii
Explanatory Notes xv
Chapter 1 Bearing the Standard in America 1
Chapter 2 On the Approach to War 9
2.1 Polish Concepts of Freedom 10
2.2 Becoming Americans 16
2.3 Attitudes on the Eve of War 29
Chapter 3 Allies to Adversaries 41
3.1 Gaspard Tochman 42
3.2 Adam Gurowski 57
3.3 Ignatius Szymanski 65
Chapter 4 Adventurers and Patriots 81
4.1 Ludwik Zychlinski 82
4.2 Valery Sulakowski 99
Chapter 5 The Model New American Officers 113
5.1 Wlodzimierz Krzyzanowski 114
5.2 Joseph Kargé 157
Chapter 6 Undying Grey and Dyed Blue 185
6.1 Peter Kiolbassa and the Silesian Poles of Texas 186
6.2 Leon Jastremski 202
Chapter 7 Reweaving an Uneasy Fabric 227
Appendices 231
Notes 237
Acknowledgements 273
Bibliography 275
Index 293