The Green Shirts and the Others: A History of Facism in Hungary and Romania
This book is a newly revised edition of Nicholas M. Nagy-Talavera’s classic work The Green Shirts and the Others published by the Hoover Institution Press in 1970. This book is the standard work in English on the history of fascism in Romania and Hungary.

The Green Shirts and the Others is the first comprehensive and comparative work in English on the history of the fascist movements in Hungary and Romania. The author presents an objective account of the history of the two countries from 1918 to 1945 and the role of fascist movements during these years. He considers the rise of these movements, the Arrow Cross in Hungary and the Legion of the Archangel Michael in Romania. He considers their evolution and growth during the interwar period, as well as during the tragic periods in which each movement came to power in its respective country. The author then draws conclusions and parallels from the comparative history of the two movements.

The author, Nicholas M. Nagy-Talavera, was a leading American expert on the history of Hungary and Romania during the interwar period and World War II. He was a professor of history at California State University, Chico. His other books include Nicolae Iorga: A Biography.

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The Green Shirts and the Others: A History of Facism in Hungary and Romania
This book is a newly revised edition of Nicholas M. Nagy-Talavera’s classic work The Green Shirts and the Others published by the Hoover Institution Press in 1970. This book is the standard work in English on the history of fascism in Romania and Hungary.

The Green Shirts and the Others is the first comprehensive and comparative work in English on the history of the fascist movements in Hungary and Romania. The author presents an objective account of the history of the two countries from 1918 to 1945 and the role of fascist movements during these years. He considers the rise of these movements, the Arrow Cross in Hungary and the Legion of the Archangel Michael in Romania. He considers their evolution and growth during the interwar period, as well as during the tragic periods in which each movement came to power in its respective country. The author then draws conclusions and parallels from the comparative history of the two movements.

The author, Nicholas M. Nagy-Talavera, was a leading American expert on the history of Hungary and Romania during the interwar period and World War II. He was a professor of history at California State University, Chico. His other books include Nicolae Iorga: A Biography.

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The Green Shirts and the Others: A History of Facism in Hungary and Romania

The Green Shirts and the Others: A History of Facism in Hungary and Romania

by Nicholas M Talavera
The Green Shirts and the Others: A History of Facism in Hungary and Romania

The Green Shirts and the Others: A History of Facism in Hungary and Romania

by Nicholas M Talavera

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This book is a newly revised edition of Nicholas M. Nagy-Talavera’s classic work The Green Shirts and the Others published by the Hoover Institution Press in 1970. This book is the standard work in English on the history of fascism in Romania and Hungary.

The Green Shirts and the Others is the first comprehensive and comparative work in English on the history of the fascist movements in Hungary and Romania. The author presents an objective account of the history of the two countries from 1918 to 1945 and the role of fascist movements during these years. He considers the rise of these movements, the Arrow Cross in Hungary and the Legion of the Archangel Michael in Romania. He considers their evolution and growth during the interwar period, as well as during the tragic periods in which each movement came to power in its respective country. The author then draws conclusions and parallels from the comparative history of the two movements.

The author, Nicholas M. Nagy-Talavera, was a leading American expert on the history of Hungary and Romania during the interwar period and World War II. He was a professor of history at California State University, Chico. His other books include Nicolae Iorga: A Biography.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781592110940
Publisher: Histria Books
Publication date: 01/25/2022
Pages: 550
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

The author, Nicholas M. Nagy-Talavera, was a leading American expert on the history of Hungary and Romania during the interwar period and World War II. He was a professor of history at California State University, Chico. His other books include Nicolae Iorga: A Biography.

Table of Contents

Preface 7

Acknowledgements 9

Chapter I Two Lands within the "No-Man"s Land" of Europe: Hungary and Romania 13

Chapter II The Jews of Hungary and Romania 61

Chapter III Fascism in Hungary 75

Chapter IV The Great Crash and Its Aftermath 121

Chapter V La Grande Illusion 175

Chapter VI "The Common Hungarian-German Destiny 237

Chapter VII 1944 267

Chapter VIII The Hungarianist Empire 321

Chapter IX The Emissary of the Archangel 343

Chapter X The Legion against Carolist Romania 383

Chapter XI From the Sixth of September to the Sixth of March 431

Chapter XII Conclusions and Parallels 477

Bibliography 515

Index 523

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