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improvementofthepolish-sovietrelations.AfterthedeathofPiłsudski,
heworkedintheclosestsurroundingofEdwardŚmigły-Rydz.Atthat
time,hewasconsideredtobeoneofthemostinfluentialpoliticians,
advisoroftheGeneralInspectoroftheArmedForcesaswellas
aleadingideologistoftheCampofNationalUnity.AfterSeptember
defeat,MiedzińskiemigratedtoLondon.
TheaimoftheworkwasasbroadaspossibletorestoreBogusław
Miedziński’slife.Themainideawastooutlinehispoliticalbiography.
However,atthesametimeItriedtodescribeBogusławMiedzińskiin
hiseverydaylife,asapersonwithpassionsandweaknesses,notonly
asapolitician,butalsoasanentrepreneur,whoownedaprosperous
pressconcern.
Inthechapters,dedicatedtoBogusławMiedziński’spolitical
activity,thispesonwasthemainpretexttorevealtheprinciplesof
thefunctioningofthespecialgroupofpoliticians,whoformedpart
oftheclosestsurroundingofJózefPiłsudski.Moreover,theanalysisof
thejournalisticactivityallowedtoshowmagnificentinfluenceofhis
articlesonthecurrenttacticsofPiłsudski’scampaswellasonthepublic
opinion.Ididmybesttoreproduceuniqueatmosphereandelementsof
thepoliticalcultureoftheinter-warperiod.
Thesourcesarequitediffusedandcontradictive,whichcaused
additionaldifficultyforBogusławMiedziński’sbiographer.
Unfortunately,notallthedocumentsoftheministryofpostand
telegraphfromtheperiodwhenMiedzińskicarriedoutthefunctions
oftheheadofthisministryarepreserved.Moreover,Icouldnotmake
aquerytotheGeneralStaffSecondDivisionacts,whicharecurrently
processedbythearchivists.ThearchivesofthenewspaperuGazeta
Polska”aswellasofthepresscompanies,whichhadbeenunder
BogusławMiedziński’scontrol,werenotpreservedeither.Moreover,
itwasimpossibletomakeaquerytoJózefPiłsudskiArchiveinNew
York.Ontheotherhand,thescientificresearches,carriedoutin
theArchiveoftheNewActsinWarsawaswellasinJózefPiłsudski
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