American Universalism and Poland in Central-Eastern Europe in the 20th Century
Journal: Res Historica
Year: 2025

The article presents the importance of liberal universalism in the policy of the United States in relation to selected political and territorial problems of Poland and Central-Eastern Europe. From the end of World War I until the fall of the „Iron Curtain”, the U.S. tied the condition of its own liberal-democratic system with the spread of progressive, democratic and liberal values around the world. This liberal ideal of „emancipation of humanity” included concepts of perpetual peace, democracy,