Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1975 (3. évfolyam, 6-8. szám)
1975 / 7. szám
Notre Dame Press in a series of the Committee on International Relations, U. of Notre Dame. Twenty essays are presented in the first of two volumes surveying the problems and resources of diplomacy in a radically changing world. Versions of the essays were presented as papers and discussed at conferences held at the U. of Notre Dame between 1956 and 1958. Books of passing interest are not reprinted, hence reprint is always a critique of an opus. No chapter deals directly with Hungary but Kertesz’ essay on American and Soviet negotiating behavior has numerous Hungarian references, many of them derived from the author’s personal experience as a diplomat. Of special interest is the description of a conversation between Chester Bowles and Mátyás Rákosi in 1948 in which the latter referred to an incipient establishment of a “United States of Southeastern Europe” which would have included Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Yugoslavia under Tito’s leadership. Kertesz also relates his conversation with Georgii Pushkin in regard to Hungary’s foreign policy including its relationship with the Vatican. Because Kertesz played an important role in postwar diplomacy of Hungary, he is able to provide the reader with glimpses into the power struggle which lead to the eventual communist takeover of Hungary. Kertesz is Prof. Emeritus of Government and International Studies at the U. of Notre Dame and author of The Fate of East Central Europe (1957); Diplomacy in a Whirlpool; Hungary Between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia (1953); American Diplomacy in a New Era (1961); The Task of Universities in a Changing World (1971); and coauthor with M.A. Fitzsimons of What America Stands For (1959). M.A. Fitzsimons is Prof, of History at the U. of Notre Dame and author of several books among them The Catholic Church Today: Western Europe (1969); Empire by Treaty (1964); and The Foreign Policy of the British Labour Government, 1945- 1951 (1953). Mindszenty, József Cardinal. MEMOIRS. New York: Macmillan (866 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022) 1974. 341 pages, chronology of events, documents, illustr., $10.00 cloth. The autobiography translated from German by Richard and Clara Winston, begins with narration of childhood memories, the Cardinal’s career as a priest and bishop, and the series of imprisonments he had to suffer by the extreme left and right for standing up for what he believed was right. The bulk of the book gives matter-of-fact descriptions of the struggle between the church and the communist government, his removal, torture, trial, imprisonment, brief freedom in 1956, followed by 15 years in asylum at the U.S. embassy in Budapest, and his travel to Vienna. More a manifesto in historical context than an autobiography, Mindszenty describes his lifelong uncompromising fight against the enemies of his church. The only consolation for having been forced out of his asylum was his hope that the West will provide a platform from which he could address the world, tell of the martyrdom of the church in Hungary, and induce governments to act accordingly. Instead, he was asked to resign his office and was divested of his archiepiscopal see of Esztergom. Even at the age of 82 he did not desire security in “complete and absolute exile,” but rather sought leadership in a crusade. At a time of an incipient detente between East and West, political and ecclesiastical leaders, including the Holy See advised against the publication of the memoirs. However, the Cardinal felt compelled by his conscience to disregard the advise and publish the autobiography. The first edition is already out of print. Petrella,Riccardo and Adam Schaff. A EUROPEAN EXPERIMENT IN COOPERATION IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES. (Transl. C. Strange) Vienna: European Coordination Centre for Research and Documentation in Social Sciences, (Griinangergasse 2, P.O. Box 974, 1010 Wien, Austria) 1974. 112 pages, n.p., cloth. The Center was established by the International Social Science Council (a non-profit international organization created by UNESCO in 1952) in 1963 to improve scientific cooperation between research institutes and social scientists from different European countries. The brochure is a report on the first ten years of activities and contains five chapters: History and Organization; Scientific Activities; Present State of Research; Financial Problems; and Cross-national Comparative Research. The appendix gives the by-laws and a list of publications. The Board of Directors of the Center (appointed by the ISSC Executive Committee) in its first meeting in 1963 elected Adam Schaff (Poland) president, and E.A.G. Robinson (Great Britain) vice-president, and reached an agreement with the Austrian Government to have its headquarters at Vienna. Four types of activities characterize the Center: (a) sponsorship and coordination of comparative research projects; (b) publication of findings; (c) preparation of documentation relating to the fields of research; (d) awarding of study grants. In its ten years of existence the Center has sponsored 21 research projects involving 238 institutes. It also organized a seminar on “Education and Disarmament” at Vienna in 1967, and held a Round Table on cross-national surveys at Budapest in 1972. Two projects were abandoned, of the (Continued on page 4) RESEARCH IN PROGRESS May Katzen, in Current British Research in Mass Media (Leicester U., 1974) reports that Anthony Harrild, an M. Phil, candidate at Slade School of Fine Art, U. College, London is working on “The films of Miklo's Jancso;” and P.F. Deli, a doctoral candidate at St. Anthony’s College, Oxford, is working on a study of the “Attitudes of the French Left towards international communism as illustrated in the press, with particular reference to the Russian intervention in Hungary in 1968” [sic], □ Janos Horvath, Prof, of Economics at Butler U. is working on an essay tracing systematic change in national economic organizations. While the model designed lends itself to 3 dimensional treatment, the selection of three key proxies seems to offer substantive evidence. He locates modifications on concentration vs. dispersion scales in the realm of management, ownership, and governmental involvement. Compared with other countries the research focuses on Hungary. □ No. 7, 1975 HUNGARIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER 3
