Lech Wyszczelski

Lech Wyszczelski (born 1942) is a Polish military historian and author of books on Central European history of the 20th century. A retired Colonel of the Polish Army and professor at various universities, he authored over 36 books and 420 articles on military history,[1] notably on Polish-Bolshevik War and the Polish Army in the antebellum.[1]

Lech Wyszczelski graduated from Historical-Political Faculty of the Dzerzhinsky Political-Military Academy in Warsaw in 1973 and in 1979 passed his PhD thesis there.[2] In 1986 he received habilitation at the Warsaw Academy of General Staff.[2] In 1998 he received permanent (full) professorship from the president of Poland.

He currently holds a post at the Academy of National Defence in Warsaw, the Pułtusk-based Wyższa Szkoła Humanistyczna im. A. Gieysztora, and University of Natural Sciences and Humanities in Siedlce.[3] Between 1988 and 1990 he was also a member of the Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites.[4] In 2012 he received the Golden Medal for Long Service, for 30 years of service in the Polish Army.[5]

Among the most notable of his books are a series of monographs on various operations of the Polish-Bolshevik War, including the Kiev 1920, Warsaw 1920, Battle at the Outskirts of Warsaw; 13-25th of August 1920 and The Undeclared War. Polish-Russian military activity of 1919. Among the works of a wider scope are Polish Military Thought 1914-1939, What Beck and Rydz Knew, History of Military Thought and Piłsudski's Army. He is also the author of a monograph of the civilian and military radio stations during the Warsaw Uprising of 1944.

References

  1. 1 2 Lech Wyszczelski (2012). "Polska sztuka wojenna w okresie narastania zagrożenia wojennego (1935–1939)" (PDF). Kwartalnik Bellona (in Polish) (1): 89.
  2. 1 2 Ryszard Łagun (1997). Ludzie nauki w Wojsku [Men of Science in the Army] (in Polish). Centralny Ośrodek Naukowej Informacji Wojskowej. p. 138.
  3. ↑ Stanisław Jaczyński. "Historia wydziału". wh.uph.edu.pl (in Polish). Siedlce: Wydział Humanistyczny UPH. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  4. ↑ corporate author (2009). "Skład Rady Ochrony Pamięci Walk i Męczeństwa 1988–2011" (PDF). radaopwim.gov.pl (in Polish). ROPWiM. Retrieved 2013-06-04.
  5. ↑ "UPH z nowym rektorem inauguruje rok akademicki". spin.siedlce.pl (in Polish). 2012. Retrieved 2013-06-02.

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