With the Hungarian Independence Movement, 1943-1947: An Eyewitness Account by Szent Miklosy, Istvan

With the Hungarian Independence Movement, 1943-1947: An Eyewitness Account (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780275925741)

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With the Hungarian Independence Movement, 1943-1947: An Eyewitness Account by Szent Miklosy, Istvan

With the Hungarian Independence Movement, 1943-1947: An Eyewitness Account

$95.00

With the Hungarian Independence Movement, 1943-1947: An Eyewitness Account

$95.00
Format: Hardcover
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The Magyar Fuggetlensegi Mozgalom (Hungarian Independence Movement or MFM) played an important role in the history of Hungary in the latter part of World War II and the years immediately after. The bulk of this volume is based on Szent-Miklosy's personal experiences as a participant in the activities of the MFM. The author, the last survivor in the West of the MFM, describes the unsuccessful attempts of the group first to assist efforts to obtain an armistice with the Allies and to save the Jewish population of Budapest, and then to introduce a Western-style democratic political system into Hungary. He also identifies the causes of the movement's failures, causes that lay not just in the actions of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, but also in the ambivalent foreign policies of France, Great Britain, and the United States, as well as in the shortcomings of Hungarian leadership. The author concludes that despite the eventual failure of the MFM its various efforts had to be made in order to demonstrate Hungary's commitment to Western European culture, independence, Hungarians living outside its borders, the defense of the Jewish population, and a Western-style of democracy.

Author: Istvan Szent Miklosy
ISBN-10: 0275925749
ISBN-13: 9780275925741
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 11/03/1988
Pages: 274
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d
By Istvan Szent Miklosy
By Istvan Szent Miklosy
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ISTVAN SZENT-MIKLOSY came to the United States in 1957 and received his Ph.D. in international relations and U.S. foreign policy from Columbia University in 1962. He taught for eighteen years at Queens College of the City University of New York, with a specialty in the Atlantic region. He ended his teaching career after spending six years at Columbia University, ultimately as a Visiting Scholar.

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