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ofthemcanbedescribedasanalysesofnationalandinternationalsecurity
matters,inmanycases,aheadoftheirtime.Chodackiwasoneofthefirst
intheworldtowriteaboutrealismandidealismininternationalrelations,
andcertainlyearlierthanthefatherofinternationalrelationstheory,Hans
Morgenthau.Bytheway,theirconclusionscoincidedinmanycases.Among
thesurvivingtextsof“Maracz”
,onecanfindpredictionsabouttheshapeof
theColdWar,whichforhimwasWorldWarIII,withadescriptionofthe
operationofRussianactivemeasures,nowreferredtoasthehybridwar.He
didnotincludeinhistexts,however,theroleoftelevisionandtheinternet,but
thiscannotbeexpectedintypescriptsfrom1946.Atthesametime,hecoined
theconceptofthe“generationofwars”
,almostfifyyearsbeforeWilliamLind
placeditintowidercirculation.
IntheEnglisheditionofthisbook,mostofthefootnotesandreferencesto
intra-Polishańairswerelefout,wherenotbeinguniversalinnature.Tey
werelefmainlywheretheinternationalreadercaneasilyreachthem,i.e.,
mainlyinreferencetothecollectionsoftheJózefPiłsudskiInstituteinNew
York.TefootnotesrelatingtoMarianChodacki)sarchive,i.e.,fileNo.039,
aremarkedinthetextwiththesymbolMCA(MarianChodackiArchive),
followedbythenumberofthesignatureandpageofthetext.Forexample:
MCA/2,p.3,standsforfileno.039,signature2,p.3.Tereferencestoclassical
andcontemporaryworksonhistory,theoryofinternationalrelations,
internationalsecurityandpublishedtextsbyChodackiremainunchanged.
However,aparticularlyinterestedreaderwillfindalistofallworksusedinthe
writingofthisbookinthebibliography.
Finally,thebookwouldnothavebeenwrittenhaditnotbeenforthehelpof
manypeoplewhodeservespecialthanks.Firstofall,toBrig.Gen.Andrzej
Kowalski,theformerHeadoftheMilitaryIntelligenceService[Pol.:Służba
WywiaduWojskowego]-forhissupportintheresearchandthecreationof
organizationalconditionsforwhichthisundertakingcouldbesuccessful.Ten
thearchivists-Agnieszka,MarekandSławomir-withoutwhoseassistance
Iwouldnothavebeenunabletocarryoutasignificantpartoftheresearch.
Fortheideaandalwaysopendoors,includingthevirtualones-Iwona
Korga,PresidentoftheJózefPiłsudskiInstituteinAmerica.Forspiritualand
conceptualsupport,goodadviceandhelpintheresearch-toProf.Dr.(Hab.)
SławomirCenckiewiczandMichałKozłowskiandotheremployeesofthe
MilitaryHistoricalBureau[Pol.:WojskoweBiuroHistoryczne].Onecannot
failtomentionthepatientandunderstandingpublisher,i.e.,theMilitary
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