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Ill Despite the above shortcomings Hahner's tremendous effort transforming an academic terms-laden, esoteric material into a readable, and at places enjoyable Hungarian text is commendable. The Az Egyesült Államok Története offering a glimpse into the tortuous evolution of American democracy not only serves as a catalyst to further study, but invokes the spirit of Colin Goodykoontz arguing that "history has the power along with religion, philosophy, literature, and the arts, to lift the spirit of man as it were to a mountain top from which he can more clearly take his bearings in a time of change and confusion." This book published in a country undergoing its own growing pains of democracy can hardly offer a better consolation to readers mired in the struggle for the realization of the Hungarian Dream. 205