Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1974 (2. évfolyam, 3-5. szám)
1974 / 3. szám
BOOKS (Continued) science and documentation; Distinctive features of the Hungarian system; Directory of Hungarian documentation centers; List of 90 periodicals and serial publications; Notes; Bibliography. The investigation leading to this publication was jointly sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Georgia Institute of Technology. The book is intended for specialists in the academic, government, and business aspects of Eastern Europe; with persons concerned with the organization of science information for research or government; and for information specialists and librarians in the areas of medicine, technology, and agriculture. It is also relevant for information scientists, documentalists, and systems designers and engineers whose interests are the large-scale planning and information systems. All three authors are affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology. Radványi, Janos. HUNGARY AND THE SUPERPOWERS; THE 1956 REVOLUTION AND REALPOLITIK. Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, 1972.197 pages. Bibliography. $5.95 Radványi describes the story of the United Nation battle over Hungary in the years following the 1956 uprising. He places the issue into international perspective involving personal experiences with the Chinese Comunist leaders, the Soviet leadership, and the Department of State in Washington. He says in the introduction: “The existing literature on the 1956 revolution is rich and extensive. Six bibliographies have been published, as well as some four hundred books and over a thousand articles. Documents, collected testimonies, memoirs, and other sources provide ample data for a complete picture of what actually happened before, during and immediately after the crisis in Hungary. Previous scholarly works, however, have not dealt in depth with the international implications of the Hungarian revolution; they focused mainly on the political, socioeconomic, cultural, and human aspects of the problem. The present study takes a different approach. I treat the Hungarian question primarily in its international framework, extending the analysis beyond the usual cut-off point of 1958.” This is a personal recollection of a former diplomat who witnessed important political events from the inside. He was Charge d’Affaires in Washington from 1962 to 1967, and previously served as desk officer for the USSR and Yugoslavia, and head of the Western Europe and U.S.A. department of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry. He is now Associate Professor of History at Mississippi State University. Schlesinger, Thomas O., AUSTRIAN NEUTRALITY IN POSTWAR EUROPE: THE DOMESTIC ROOTS OF FOREIGN POLICY. Wien: Verlag Wilhelm Braumüller, 1972, 158 pages. Austrian Schilling 200.00 Paper. The Berlin-born author is Associate Professor of Political Science at Plymouth State College, University of New Hampshire, and served as interpreter to U.S. military commanders in Austria and northern Italy after World War II. The author tries to answer such questions as “How does a country which has evolved from empire to rumpfind continuities from (Continued next column) American participants to Hungary (in addition to those above) P.J. Ouseph, Dept of Physics, U. of Louisville, hosted by István Deszi, Central Research Inst, for Physics, Budapest, to study Mossbauer Studies of Strontium Titanate and Quartz for 13 days commencing in June 1972; E. C. Fitch, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, OklahomaStateU., hosted by J.J. Varga, Dept, of Hydraulic Machinery, Technical U., Budapest, to study Fluid Logic Systems for 4 days commencing in March 1973; James W. Mayer, Dept, of Electrical Engineering, California Inst, of Technology, hosted by József Gyulai, Central Research Inst, for Physics, Budapest, to study Ion Implantation in Semiconductors for 10 days commencing in April, 1973; Della M. Roy, Materials Research Lab., Pennsylvania State U., hosted by F.D. Tamás, Central Inst, for Silicate Research, Budapest, to study Cement Research for 5 days commencing in June 1973; and Geza Kisvarsanyi, Dept, of Geology and Geophysics, U. of Missouri, hosted by E. Sza'deczky-Kardoss, Eötvös Lorand U., Budapest, to study Orogenic and Petrogenic Structures for 13 days commencing in June 1973. Hungarians to the U.S. (in addition to those mentioned above) Matya's Palyusik, Veterinary Medical Research Inst., Budapest, hosted by C.J. Mirocha, Dept, of Plant Pathology, U. of Minnesota, to study Mycotoxins for 12 days commencing in September 1973; Janos Tremmel, Center for Studies on Chemical Structures, HAS, hosted by James E. Boggs, to study Molecular Structures, for 6 months commencing in October 1973; Miklós Domokos, Hung. Water Resources Center, Budapest, hosted by L. Duckstein, for 2 months commencing in October 1973; Ferenc Szidarovszky, Hung. Water Resources Center, Budapest, hosted by L. Duckstein for 2 months commencing in November 1973; and Mrs. Gyula Proszt-Kovacs, Central Food Research Inst., Budapest, hosted by Nicholas Grecz for 3 months commencing in September 1973. (Continued on page 5) SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION (Continued from page 1) BOOKS (Continued) its past to the demands of the future which fit an image of national mission? Has neutrality taken roots as a desireable value in Austrian political culture? Does the policy of neutrality reflect the Austrian people’s image of their national mission? The author discusses Austrian reactions to the 1956 Hungarian uprising, in fact he devotes an entire chapter to reaction to interventions near the Austrian border (Hungary and Czechoslovakia). He also discusses Hungary in the context of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance. He concludes that there is a certain affinity between neutrality and small state status, and he identifies humanitarianism as one of the positive values of Austrian neutrality. “The historical examples of Switzerland and Sweden have identified neutrality with particular emphasis on service to humanity.. .The Hungarian experience, involvement in European organizations and in the United Nations, the ability to lead in ‘opening’ eastern Europe, all strengthened this value theme in Austrian political awareness.” 4 NO. 3, 1974, HUNGARIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER
