Interwar Poland in the US foreign policy

• Main Author: Nemchaninov Daniil Grigorievich
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Modern Humanitarian Researches 2020-12-01
• Series: Studia Humanitatis
• Subjects: polish question; us department of state; foreign relations; polish-american relations; woodrow wilson’s fourteen points; anti-semitism in poland; the madagascar plan; curzon’s line; neutrality; isolationism
• Online Access: http://st-hum.ru/en/node/980/

The article is devoted to the Polish direction of the US foreign policy in the interwar period (1918-1939). The author attempts to determine the role of the United States in the creation of an independent Polish state, describes the importance of American financial assistance for the Polish economy restoration and strengthening the position of the country in the international arena. The article reveals the attitude of US policymakers to the so-called “Polish question”. The study focuses on the American capital involvement in the interwar Poland economy and on the difficulties in paying off the debt obligations by Polish government to US banks. The influence of anti-Semitism problem in Poland on the further development of Polish-American relations is revealed.