Poles, Polonia, and the Quest for Liberty provides a scholarly analysis of how Poles and Polish Americans have cherished liberty and democracy in Poland and struggled to achieve those ideals across the centuries.

John S. Micgiel has served as Director of the Institute on East Central Europe, Associate Director of the Harriman Institute, Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of Europe, and Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs-all at Columbia University, USA. He was the spiritus movens of the campaign to raise funds for the Chair in Polish Studies at Columbia. He now teaches at the University of Warsaw, Poland.