03210nam 2200625Ia 450 991079060550332120230725061839.00-7735-3850-X10.1515/9780773587434(CKB)2550000001140633(EBL)3282217(SSID)ssj0000717133(PQKBManifestationID)11411367(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000717133(PQKBWorkID)10739437(PQKB)11307718(CEL)444284(OCoLC)812837217(CaBNVSL)slc00230650(MiAaPQ)EBC3332463(Au-PeEL)EBL3332463(CaPaEBR)ebr10595571(OCoLC)923237764(DE-B1597)656701(DE-B1597)9780773587434(EXLCZ)99255000000114063320110309d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChess game for democracy Hungary between East and West, 1944-1947 /Mária Palasik ; [translated by Mario Fenyo]Montreal McGill-Queen's University Pressc20111 online resource (xvii, 230 pages)0-7735-8743-8 0-7735-3849-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-219) and index.Antecedents -- The Transition Period: From War to Peace -- Consolidation and Confrontation -- The Takeover in the Coalition -- Endgame in Hungary -- Epilogue."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. Mária 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 path-breaking 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."--P. [4] of cover.HISTORY / Europe / EasternbisacshHungaryHistoryHungaryHistory1945-1989HungaryPolitics and government1945-1989HISTORY / Europe / Eastern.943.9052Palasik Mária1580605Fenyo Mario D484296MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790605503321Chess game for democracy3861606UNINA