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Table of Contents

Cover

Preface

Acknowledgment and Note on Sources

List of Abbreviations

Part I

BACKGROUND AND DEVELOPMENTS UNTIL 1945

Chapter 1. STRUGGLE ALONG THE DANUBE

Chapter 2. CONSEQUENCES OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR

Chapter 3. HUNGARY BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS

The Peace Treaty,
Consolidation of the Status Quo,
Fateful Years,
The Crisis,

Chapter 4. THE SECOND WORLD WAR

The Road from Non-belligerency to War,
Hungary's Efforts to Steer a New Course,
The Plight of Satellite Diplomacy,
End of Independence,

Chapter 5. CHAOS: AN INTERLUDE

Part II

DIPLOMACY IN THE SHADOW OF THE RED STAR

Chapter 6. SOVIET AND WESTERN POLITICS

Armistice Agreement and Allied Control Commission,
Western Attitude,
The Yalta Agreement,
Soviet Attitude,
Hungarian Expectations,

Chapter 7. REORGANIZATION OF HUNGARY

Muscovite Prelude,
Pattern of Reorganization,
Agrarian Reform,
People's Courts,
Trade Unions and Factory Committees,

Chapter 8. HUNGARY A REPUBLIC

Elections and Aftermath,
The Republican Constitution
Party Politics,

Chapter 9. SOVIET RUSSIA AND HUNGARY'S ECONOMY

Postwar Conditions and Reparations,
Economic Cooperation Agreement,
Proposals for Inter-Allied Assistance,
Potsdam Agreement and Soviet-Hungarian Joint Companies,

Chapter 10. THE PEACE PREPARATORY WORK (1945-1946)

Frustrated Beginnings,
Hungarian Proposals for the Peace Settlement,
Deadlock and Last Efforts in the Peace Preparations,
Burial of Hopes,

Notes

Appendix: Documents