LEADER 03210nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910790605503321 005 20230725061839.0 010 $a0-7735-3850-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773587434 035 $a(CKB)2550000001140633 035 $a(EBL)3282217 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000717133 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11411367 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000717133 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10739437 035 $a(PQKB)11307718 035 $a(CEL)444284 035 $a(OCoLC)812837217 035 $a(CaBNVSL)slc00230650 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3332463 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3332463 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10595571 035 $a(OCoLC)923237764 035 $a(DE-B1597)656701 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773587434 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001140633 100 $a20110309d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChess game for democracy $eHungary between East and West, 1944-1947 /$fMa?ria Palasik ; [translated by Mario Fenyo] 210 $aMontreal $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (xvii, 230 pages) 311 1 $a0-7735-8743-8 311 1 $a0-7735-3849-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [203]-219) and index. 327 $aAntecedents -- The Transition Period: From War to Peace -- Consolidation and Confrontation -- The Takeover in the Coalition -- Endgame in Hungary -- Epilogue. 330 $a"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. Ma?ria 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. 606 $aHISTORY / Europe / Eastern$2bisacsh 607 $aHungary$xHistory 607 $aHungary$xHistory$y1945-1989 607 $aHungary$xPolitics and government$y1945-1989 615 7$aHISTORY / Europe / Eastern. 676 $a943.9052 700 $aPalasik$b Ma?ria$01580605 701 $aFenyo$b Mario D$0484296 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790605503321 996 $aChess game for democracy$93861606 997 $aUNINA