Casimir Pulaski: Cavalry Commander of the American Revolution
by Francis Casimir Kajencki

General Casimir Pulaski, an experienced and accomplished cavalry commander, came to America in 1777 to fight for American independence. He had passionately embraced liberty as his lifelong goal. In his native Poland he fought but failed to evict the superior Russian-occupying forces and restore the sovereignty of his country. He then came to hazard all for the freedom of Americans.

Pulaski was 100 years ahead of Americans. Not until the American Civil War did Pulaski's philosophy of cavalry operations influence the Confederates to field capable cavalry forces and the North to do so two years later. Casimir Pulaski may be called the "Father of American Cavalry."

FRANCIS CASIMIR KAJENCKI was graduated from the U.S. Military Academy & commissioned second lieutenant in January 1943. He served in the Pacific Theater in World War II, followed by staff & command assignments over a span of thirty years. He retired as Colonel & Assistant Chief of Information, Department of the Army, in 1973. Kajencki earned three Masters degrees: from the University of Southern California in Mechanical Engineering, 1949; University of Wisconsin-Madison in Journalism, 1967; George Mason University in History, 1976. Upon retiring from the army, he took up historical research & writing that led to six published books on American history. The author was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1918. A widower with four adult children, he resides in El Paso Texas.

Publishing House: Southwest Polonia Press, El Paso 2001
HardCover book measuring 6.25" x 9.25"
280 pages, 30 illustrations/photographs, 10 maps
English Language Version

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