Recent Publications
Hungary and Its Neighbors (1988-1994)
Géza Jeszenszky’s book discusses Hungary’s foreign policy and efforts for reconciliation with its neighbors between 1988 and 1994, following historical grievances from the 1920 Treaty. As a former foreign minister, he shares insights on regional cooperation, the status of Hungarian minorities, and the broader implications of these policies amid contemporary conflicts.
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A Roosevelt in the World of Diplomacy and Journalism
Nicholas Roosevelt and American Domestic and Foreign Policy in the First Half of the 20th Century
author: Zoltán Petercz PhD
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Pál Teleki
This revised and updated work remains the seminal historical work on the controversial career of the 20th Century Hungarian politician.
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Four Britons and Nationalism
Four Britons and Nationalism: Henry Wickham Steed, Robert William Seton-Watson, Arnold Joseph Toynbee and Carlile Aylmer Macartney in/on East-Central Europe and Beyond (1903–1978)
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Nation and Europe
János Martonyi (Hungarian Foreign Minister 1998– 2002, 2010–2014) chose not to write a memoir but instead in the past decade has penned a series of volumes based on his distinguished and pivotal role in Hungarian political life.
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My American Roadtrip
Ludányi’s recollections offer a rare and valuable contribution to our understanding of American domestic and foreign policy and American-Hungarian relations.
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Anti-Semitism in Hungary
The Anti-Semitism in Hungary: Appearance and Reality Conference was the culmination of a nearly year-long research project on the topic of anti-Semitism in Hungary today.
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Jaap Scholten: Three Bags of Ladies Clothes and a Sniper
Three Bags of Ladies Clothes and a Sniper is a personal logbook and a unique report of the astonishing courage, resilience and solidarity that the war has unleashed in the Ukrainians.
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Publications
Hungary’s Admiral on Horseback
Admiral Horthy’s political career spanned a good part of the first half of the twentieth century, yet he was by no means a modern statesman.
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A Contested Europe
Every policy has costs, not just benefits, as well as unintended consequences. The eastward enlargement of the European Union is a case in point.
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Royall Tyler and Hungary
This story of Royall Tyler is in many ways unique: an American who was almost European, who became intimately involved with Central Europe.
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A Thorn in the Rosebush
This book opens up new perspectives on the history of Béla Bartók’s music in the 20th century.
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Tomáš G. Masaryk, a Scholar and a Statesman
the political thought of Thomas G. Masaryk (1850−1937), the first president of Czechoslovakia
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Forbidden Federalism: Secret Diplomacy and the Struggle for a Danubian Confederation: 1918-1921
Secret Diplomacy and the Struggle for a Danubian Confederation, 1918−1921 Zoltán Bécsi
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Lost Prestige
the story of the formation of Hungary’s image abroad before and during World War I
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Being Hungarian in Cleveland
In this work, historian Endre Szentkiralyi examines the concept of “being Hungarian in Cleveland”
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July 1944: Deportation of the Jews of Budapest Foiled
This volume investigates a little known controversy about the year 1944, in Hungary: did a unit of the Hungarian army prevent the deportation of 300,000 Jewish Hungarians to the Nazi death camps?
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Upcoming Publications
Solidarity’s Secret
The Women who Defeated Communism in Poland by: Shana PennSecond English Language Edition: Revised Helena History PressISBN: 978-1 -943596-52-2 Paperback
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A Great Conservative Statesman of Hungary, 1874-1946 by: Ignác RomsicsMario Fenyő – TranslatorSecond English Language Edition: Revised Helena History PressISBN: 978-1-943596-48-5 Paperback
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Theories of Otherness and Émigré Trauma by: Teodóra Dömötör Helena History PressISBN: 978-1-943596-51-5 Paperback
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