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Peacemaking on the Dark Side of the Moon: Hungary 1943–1947

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2009

Stephen D. Kertesz
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At the close of hostilities geography proved decisive in the mis-fortune of Hungary, a country that had been in the inner circle of the German power sphere. From this came the basic problem of Hungarian diplomacy—attempting to preserve Hungarian independence in an almost impossible situation. None of the Axis satellites was in so precarious a position. The peripheral location of Italy, Finland, Rumania and Bulgaria made possible their early surrender, but events in Hungary inevitably turned out differently. Hungary could hardly succeed in changing sides during the war. She did not enjoy the trust of the Germans, her supposed partners. She did not enjoy much sympathy in the West. And she was positively disliked by the Russians. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden said to President Franklin D. Roosevelt that he “thought Stalin would want to be pretty arbitrary about Hungary.”

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Research Article
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The Review of Politics , Volume 40 , Issue 4 , October 1978 , pp. 469 - 498
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Copyright © University of Notre Dame 1978

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References

page 474 note * The Smallholders constituted the leading democratic party of Hungary.

page 483 note * After the siege the Declaration on Liberated Europe was posted in Hungarian all over Budapest.