Childhood and adolescence
Socialist leader and conspirator
Into the international arena
Party leadership and arrest
An extraordinary escape and a new home in Austrian Galicia
Creating a party platform
From a Tokyo mission to the Union of Active Struggle
Building an armed force for independence
The Polish legions and the beginnings of World War I
An emerging national leader
The father of independent Poland
From the first years of peace to the 1926 coup
The path to authoritarian rule
Poland in a changing world