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Chess Game for Democracy
Maria Palasik
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Description for Chess Game for Democracy
Paperback. In the turbulent years between 1944 and 1947, Hungarian politics was marked by constant conflict between the two most powerful parties in the governing coalition - the Independent Smallholders Party and the Communist Party. The history of this struggle reads like a series of moves in a dramatic chess game, where no one could predict the outcome. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
In Chess Game for Democracy, Maria Palasik examines this ill-fated conflict to explain how it was possible for the parties to work together in a coalition government, while constantly at odds with each other. Her reconstruction of the debates over the introduction of the law to protect the republic against conspiracy and the politics behind the Hungarian Brotherhood show trial are grounded in her pathbreaking research in the archives of the state security agencies. Through the case study of a single country, Chess Game for Democracy makes a major contribution to ongoing debates on the origins of the Cold War in Europe and the process of Sovietization in Central and Eastern Europe, improving our understanding of European history post World War Two and of the reasons for changing relations between the superpowers.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773538504
SKU
V9780773538504
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About Maria Palasik
Maria Palasik is a senior researcher at the Historical Archives of the Hungarian State Security. She had been professor at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics for over twenty years and has been Jean Monnet Professor for European Studies since 2004.
Reviews for Chess Game for Democracy
"[Chess Game for Democracy] sets new standards in the English-language historiography of post-war Hungary. It will become essential reading for anyone interested in the process by which the Communist Party came to power in that country in the aftermath of the Second World War." Debatte: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe " Ma ria Palasik makes a valuable contribution to the debate. She is a conscientious scholar, extremely well acquainted with the Hungarian archival materials, and has read the available secondary sources. On the basis of her work we can make informed judgments concerning the establishment of Communist rule in Hungary and, by extension, the development of Soviet foreign policy in the immediate postwar years." Journal of Cold War Studies " A major contribution to our understanding of the process of Sovietization in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the changing relations between the superpowers. By highlighting the efforts of those that led the struggle to establish a multiparty democratic system, she counters the myth that communism was introduced immediately after World War II and that there was no chance for democracy. Her book will be essential reading for those interested in the unique period from 1945 to 1948 and the process by which the Communist Party came to power in Hungary." H-Net Reviews