Adam Doboszyński (11 January 1904 - 29 August 1949) was a soldier of the Polish Army, writer, engineer, and a social activist.

During the Polish-Soviet War, sixteen-year old Doboszyński volunteered to the 6th Regiment of Heavy Artillery in Kraków, serving for four months.

In 1925 - 1927, Doboszyński continued his education at the Sciences Po in Paris, but was forced to quit his studies early due to his family's financial difficulties.

After the return to Poland, he completed a course at the Officer Cadet Sapper School in Dęblin, after which Doboszyński was promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant in reserve.

In the late 1920s, Doboszyński returned to his family estate, located in the village of Chorowice near Kraków, where he wrote his first books.

Furthermore, Doboszyński was active in the local Polish landed gentry circles, holding the post of a secretary in the Kraków Branch of the Association of Landowners (1929 - 1931).

Doboszyński's view of Polish national economy was shaped by the works of Augustine of Hippo and Thomas Aquinas.

The process of mindless industrialization and centralization of economy was evil in his view, contributing to the moral decline of societies and exploitation of humans.

A group of national activists, commanded by him, seized control of the town of Myślenice, disarming a local police station and cutting telephone wires.

Windows of several Jewish-owned businesses were broken, and goods from these stores were carried out to the main market square, where they were set on fire.

Wounded near Lwów, he managed to escape from German captivity to Hungary and finally to France and Great Britain.

At the same time, he continued his political activity, publicly criticizing the National Party and its chairman Tadeusz Bielecki for its submission to the government in exile of General Władysław Sikorski.

In February 1943 he published an open letter, urging President Władysław Raczkiewicz and General Kazimierz Sosnkowski to overthrow Sikorski.

In November 1943 he published a text "The Economy of Blood", in which he argued that any uprising, breaking out in occupied Poland, would be as tragic as Polish 19th-century, failed insurrections.

In 1945, he wrote in English "Economics of charity", and two years later completed the "Pocket Encyclopedia of Social Notions", and "Two Platforms of Nationalism".

Furthermore, he remained politically active, as a member of a group called the "Generation of Independent Poland", in which he promoted the creation of a federation of Central European states, as a counterbalance against the expansion of Russia and Germany.

[1] In early summer 1947, Doboszyński completed his last work, "Half Way", which contained his opinion on the situation of Poland, prognosis for the future and advice for the national movement.

[2] His sister Jadwiga Malkiewicz was arrested in September 1947, being accused of helping him to contact the anti-Communist underground in Poland.

[6] He argued that it was easier for the nation state to reach an agreement with a handful of small independent craftsmen and producers; or, if that is not possible, economic mechanisms such as cooperatives and member-owned mutual organisations as well as small to medium enterprises and large-scale competition law reform such as antitrust regulations, instead of negotiating with large corporations (although he preferred corporatism over capitalism and socialism).