Contents
Kalina Bartnicka, Andrzej Bartnicki and the Idea of a Forum for the Advanced Studies
of the United States
Halina Parafianowicz, Professor Andrzej Bartnicki – Creator of the American Studies Center and “Founding Father” of Modern Research on U.S. History in Poland
Articles
Irmina Wawrzyczek, Alliance Impossible? American Exceptionalism and the New Social History of Early America
Jolanta Daszyńska, The Presidential Elections from Washington to Jefferson: How did Americans elect their first presidents?
Katarzyna Stelmasiak, A Rebel Meets the King: A few remarks on Thomas Jefferson’s
stay in London in 1786
Karolina Korytkowska-Ogrodowczyk, The Foundation of Columbus, Ohio’s State Capital (1802-1816)
Justyna Bartkiewicz-Godlewska, Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy in 19th Century America
Łukasz Niewiński, Last Chance Peace Mission of the Civil War: The Hampton Roads Conference
Anna Stocka, Reports on the American Presidential Election of 1876 in the Warsaw Press
Michał Leśniewski, The United States and the United Kingdom during the War in South Africa, 1899-1902
Joanna Modrzejewska-Leśniewska, On the Way to Establishing United States – Afghan
Diplomatic Relations, 1919-1942
Halina Parafianowicz, Between the Spoils System and Professionalism: U.S. Diplomats in Poland, 1919-1939
Sylwia Kuźma-Markowska, Advertising American Ideals Abroad: The Committee on Public Information in Europe (1917-1919)
Mateusz Bogdanowicz, The American Dream of Might and Power in Operation: Destroyers for Bases (1940) and Lend Lease (1941)
Anna Wyrwisz, Critical Views of the U.S. in the Land of its Loyal Ally – Examples of anti-Americanism in the Netherlands
Jakub Tyszkiewicz, Anti-American Propaganda among Polish Communists: The case of the U.S.-West German alliance (1949-1989)
Halina Bieluk, Cultural Diplomacy: Promoting the United States in the Cold War Era
Renata Nowaczewska, USIA – Creating a positive image of “hated Americans” during the early Cold War period
Maciej Stanecki, Twilight of the British Empire in the Eyes of American Analysts: Defence White Paper 1966 in the RAND corporation analysis
Tomasz Gajewski, The Origins of Anti-Americanism in the Middle East
Maciej Huczko, Challenges and Opportunities for the Pro-Palestinian Lobby in the United States during the Intifada Years
Agnieszka Subocz-Gwizdek, American Labor Unions’ Cooperation with NSZZ „Solidarność” in the 1980’s
Ewelina Waśko-Owsiejczuk, The Intensity of anti-American Sentiment in the World after the Events at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo
Jadwiga Kiwerska, America: Poland’s Perfect Ally