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Postać Profesora Kruszewskiego doczekała się swojej biografii, niemniej jest to życiorys na tyle bogaty, że warto mu się przyglądać z różnych perspektyw. Lejtmotywem niniejszego artykułu2 będzie styk działalności politycznej i publicznej Profesora, z jego aktywnością naukową w zakresie nauk politycznych. W pierwszym przypadku mam na myśli przede wszystkim jego przynależność do Polskiego Ruchu Wolnościowego „Niepodległość i Demokracja”. W drugim – tematykę jego prac naukowych prowadzonych przede wszystkim jako Profesora University of Texas w El Paso. Kwestią szczególnie dla mnie interesującą jest przenikanie się zainteresowań wywołanych własnym statusem emigranta oraz zaangażowania w konkretne rozwiązania polityczne promowane przez emigrantów z pracą naukową, której wiarygodność opiera się na rygorze badawczym. The figure of Professor Zbigniew Antoni Kruszewski can be viewed from different perspectives. This article is a proposal to bring closer the dilemma that accompanied many emigrants who, on the one hand, studied and practiced the so-called political science, and on the other hand, were themselves active in various political fields. In the case of Z.A. Kruszewski, the intertwining of his membership in the Polish Freedom Movement “Independence and Democracy” and his research interests related to the Oder-Neisse border seems particularly interesting. Membership in this political grouping and involvement in the political activities of the émigrés in this area undoubtedly provided an important impetus to take up the subject, but the research itself had to be done in accordance with the rules of art, as the credibility of the researcher depended on it. The biography of Z.A. Kruszewski illustrates this perfectly.

Polish émigrés were an important feature of the Cold War landscape in Europe, as were exiles from other Central European countries. In addition to opposing the Communist systems in their countries of origin, they tried to pursue independent policies in the West. Émigrés were active in political parties—including Christian Democratic, Socialist, and agrarian parties—but at the same time they attempted to create new forms, such as new political and social movements and transnational organizations. With active international agendas, they also worked to influence their own societies, both in the countries in which they had settled and in their countries of origin. This mixture of social and political dimensions was a specific phenomenon of Cold War intellectual history in Europe. The article draws on archival materials from Poland, Great Britain, France, Italy, and the United States and builds on concepts developed by scholars such as Maurice Duverger, Giovanni Sartori, V. O. Key, Jr., Yossi Shain, and Idesbald Goddeeris.

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