Pölöskei Ferenc: Hungary after two revolutions 1919-1922 - Studia historica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 132. (Budapest, 1980)

Ferenc Pölöskei HUNGARY AFTER TWO REVOLUTIONS (1919 1922) Ferenc Pölöskei’s book is the first to give a comprehensive account of the political situa­tion in Hungary after the dis­solution of the Austro-Hun­garian Monarchy and the revo­lutions of 1918 —1919.It traces the development of Hungary’s legal, parliamentary and gov­ernmental system, the treat­ment of human rights and the role of the army in these first years of counter-revolution. It acquaints the reader with the beginnings of the political ca­reer of Miklós Horthy and Ist­ván Bethlen, the two leading politicians of the post-revolu­tionary period, and shows how the alliance between them developed. Horthy’s efforts to organize the new army are described together with his manoeuvres by which he eventually be­came Regent of Hungary. Bethlen’s activities are ana­lysed in connection with the political and economic con­solidation. Portraits are drawn of other leading politicians, such as Pál Teleki, Gyula Gömbös, István Szabó of Nagyatád, etc. Pölöskei’s sen­sitive treatment of the period will provide the reader with new insights into this chapter of Hungarian history. AKADÉMIAI KIADÓ BUDAPEST

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