Talk:Mark Kac/Comments

"He fled dictator-ruled militaristic and anti-Semitic Poland" - from this sentence I understand that at the time Poland was ruled by a dictator (what was his name?) who probably was anti-Semitic, which looks like similar to Third Reich. Is true indeed? Also article on wikipedia defines "militarism" as following: "the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests" or "aggressiveness that involves the threat of using military force". As far as I know after regaining independence Poland used it's military forces exclusively for self-defense (which is from definition non-aggressive). Please correct me if I am wrong.

The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, to which the article refers, cite some of Kac's letters, where he states that not the state of affairs in Poland which in general was far from the given, a bit radical, description, but the tension between European states and the open anti-Semiticism of Germany, which at that time was becoming a threat for its neighbours. I would say that the stub is wrong in the sentence cited above.