Az Eszterházy Károly Tanárképző Főiskola Tudományos Közleményei. 2000. [Vol. 6.] Eger Journal of American Studies. (Acta Academiae Paedagogicae Agriensis : Nova series ; Tom. 26)

Book reviews - András Tarnóc: Tibor Frank: Ethnicity, Propaganda, Myth-Making: Studies on Hungarian Connections to Britain and America 1848-1945.

liberty, the immigration policies of the official government and the immigrants themselves were given a hostile reception. Following World War One the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, as one of the defeated powers was seen as an anachronism incompatible with the values of democracy. This is aptly demonstrated by Nicholas Roosevelt's allusion to the anecdote recalling of a Hungarian Count confessing to his useless life on his deathbed, by the infamous statement: "Just shot hares, Lord. Shot hares. Shot hares. Shot hares" (317). It is no wonder that the emergence of Horthy, representing the lesser gentry and being a proponent of American values struck a sympathetic cord with the U.S. public and helped to rework his image as a potential buffer against Bolshevism and a guarantee against the return of the monarchy. The American view of Hungary's World War Two role was also ambiguous at best, describing it as a nation caught between the need to fight against Communism and the insistence on the gains achieved through an alliance with Nazi Germany. A significant section of the essays suggest counter hegemonic culture projection. Hungary, or the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy due to historical and geopolitical reasons was seen in a less superior position compared to Great Britain and the United States. Consequently, counter hegemonic culture projection can be observed in Vienna's efforts to popularize the Dual Monarchy in England between 1866-70. The main purpose of this campaign was to convince the British public and indirectly the country's policy makers of the desirability of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy as a commercial and political partner. Furthermore, while Kossuth's monumental speaking campaign in Britain and in the U.S. also started as a counter hegemonic impulse as discussed above it eventually turned into syncretization. Frank's treatment of the censorial career of János Reseta between 1832-1848 reveals a counter hegemonic culture projection displaying the efforts of a person originally entrusted with the control of the press, thereby limiting a fundamental civil liberty, evolving into an indirect protector of the freedom of the press and speech, core values of the Anglo-Saxon democracies. Reseta's efforts included suggesting revisions in the Hungarian translations of British and American works, preventing libelous publications from reaching the press, or excluding texts promoting anti-Semitism and ethnic hatred from circulation. 227