The May Coup d’État by Józef Piłsudski in Selected Opinion-Forming American Press Cover Image

Przewrót majowy Józefa Piłsudskiego w wybranych tytułach opiniotwórczej prasy amerykańskiej
The May Coup d’État by Józef Piłsudski in Selected Opinion-Forming American Press

Author(s): Przemysław Różański
Subject(s): History, Comparative history, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: American press on Poland 1918–1939; May Coup; Poland 1900–1945

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses five opinion-forming American prestige papers: The New York Times, The Chicago Daily Tribune, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times and The Atlanta Constitution. First information on the 1926 May Coup d’État by Józef Piłsudski was printed on front pages of these papers already on 13 May, the next day after it had started. Most of the articles published every day until 21 May were attempts to describe fights that broke out in the streets of Warsaw between Piłsudski’s troops and forces loyal to the constitutional authorities of Poland.

  • Issue Year: 50/2018
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 185-226
  • Page Count: 42
  • Language: Polish