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Revolution 1989
Orion 2009; US$ 31.70Victor Sebestyen is the best kind of journalist-historian - he knows how to get the stories on the ground, from the archives, and he writes with pace. All these attributes he demonstrated with TWELVE DAYS (his account of the Hungarian uprising). more...
Agents of Moscow
Oxford University Press, UK 2005; US$ 175.00After 1945, state patriotism of communist regimes in Eastern Europe was characterized by the widespread use of national symbols. In communist Hungary the party (MKP) widely celebrated national holidays, national heroes, erected national statues, and employed national street names. Martin Mevius' pioneering study examines the origins of this socialist... more...
The Realm of St Stephen
I.B.Tauris 2001; US$ 74.95This is a comprehensive textbook on the historiography of medieval Eastern and Central Europe. It traces the medieval kingdom of Hungary - which covered the vast territory of the Carpathian basin - from the conquest by the Magyar tribes in 895 until defeat by the ottomans at the battle of Mohacs in 1526. The book is divided into two broad periods:... more...
Culture and Customs of Hungary
ABC-CLIO 2011; US$ 50.00This book provides a one-stop introduction to the history, culture, and personalities of Hungary, a fascinating country located at the heart of Europe and born at the crossroads of civilizations. more...
Hungary and NATO
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2003; US$ 32.99While charting the successes, shortcomings, and continuing challenges faced by Hungary in its quest to join the NATO Alliance, Jeffrey Simon presents a comprehensive and original study of civil-military relations in Hungary and simultaneously provides a conceptual framework of civil-military relations that draws upon the lessons of post-communist transition... more...
Imre Nagy, Martyr of the Nation
Lexington Books 2008; US$ 32.99Imre Nagy, Martyr of the Nation is a study of the ways in which the memory of the martyred Prime Minister and the story of the 1956 Revolution influenced political socialization in Hungary. The study begins with Nagy's 1989 funeral and the role memorialization played in the politics of transition, continuing with a review of the important personages... more...
Militia et Litterae
De Gruyter 2009; US$ 168.00Miklos Zrínyi the Elder (died 1566) and his great-grandson and namesake (died 1664), the general, politician, poet and educated man of the world, are the topics of this work, not only as great names in Hungarian history but also as European figures of inestimable charisma. Numerous texts from the culture of the Old Reich bear witness to this? reports,... more...
Hungarian-British Diplomacy 1938-1941
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 52.95This book deals with the relationship between Britain and Hungary during the crucial years 1938-1941. In addition to archival research in London and Budapest, mostly about the relations of the governments, Bán's work broadens into political, social, intellectual and cultural history. This is one of its exceptional assets, including materials hitherto... more...
Nobility, Land and Service in Medieval Hungary
Palgrave Macmillan 2000; US$ 155.00The absence in medieval Hungary of fief-holding and vassalage has often been cited by historians as evidence of Hungary's early 'deviation' from European norms. This new book argues that medieval Hungary was, nevertheless, familiar with many institutions characteristic of noble society in Europe. Contents include the origins of the Hungarian nobility... more...









