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Inadditiontodry,boringintelligencereports,the“Estezet”archivealso
containsdoctrinalandmethodologicaldocumentsandanalyses,the
conclusionsofwhicharestillvalidtoday.Terearealsoreportsaboutproblems
concerningphysicalpremises,inflationraisingthecostofliving,difcultiesin
observingdiscipline,especiallybyjuniorofcers,ordisputesovercompany
carsandthewayinwhichtheyareused.Everythingiswritteninsimple,clear,
preciselanguage,whichtodaywouldnotgothrougheventhemostperforated
screedofpoliticalcorrectnessandbureaucraticformalisms.Havingrescued
the“Estezet”archive,MarianChodackirenderedanextraordinaryservice
toPolishhistory,politicalscience,Sovietology,andsecuritystudies,andalso
savedanextremelyimportantpartoftradition,indispensableinbuildingthe
ethosofPolishintelligenceservices.
TisbookisintendedtopresentlesserknownepisodesinChodacki)slife,
butitdoesnotconstitutehisbiographyinitself.Tebiographyisonly
acontributiontotheexplorationofanother,nolessfascinatingdiscovery-
theanalyticaloutputof“Maracz”
.Itiscontainedinpublishedarticlesaswell
astextsthathaveneverbeenpublishedbefore:typescriptsandmanuscripts,
notesforlecturesandnotesintheformofpreservedfragmentsofhisdiary.
Chodacki)sthoughtsareofparticularvalue,astheyresultfromthepersonal
andprofessionalexperiencesofapersonwhofacedthemostimportant
internationalsecurityproblemsofhiseraonadailybasis.Fromaformalpoint
ofview,however,Chodacki)swritingsshouldnotbetreatedasscientific,as
theydonotexhibitwritingtechniquessuchasproperquotations,bibliography,
theories,descriptionofmethodology,etc.Aferall,Chodackididnothave
aformalhighereducation,eventhoughhewasagraduateofthepre-Second
WorldWarHigherWarSchool[Pol.:WyższaSzkołaWojenna].Itisclearthat
hisviewsareembeddedinthepoliticalprogram,whichinmostgeneralterms
canbedescribedasthePiłsudskischoolofthought.
Chodacki)stexts,whichisworthemphasizing,arefullofhisintelligence
anddiplomaticexperience.Itisherethattheexceptionalclarityofhis
argumentation,intelligenceandtheabilitytogeneralizeconclusionscanbe
found.Tankstothis,thoughtsonspecificissuesgainuniversalvalue.One
canevensay,atleastfromthePolishperspective,that“Maracz”analyzedthe
mostimportantcasestudiesofinternationalpoliticsofhisera.Teyconcern
thepoliticsoftwototalitarianpoliticalsystemsthatshapedthetragicface
ofthefirsthalfofthe20thcentury,thepoliticsofPolandandafascinating
exampleofinternationallaw-thatoftheFreeCityofGdańsk(Danzig).All
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