
In spite of its small size, the Hungarian Communist party (HCP), founded in the fall of 1918, has played an important role both in Hungary's national history and in the international communist movement. Hungary, which was the only soviet republic other than the ephemeral Bavarian...

This book explores the Hungarian Communist Party's (HCP) political operation, which was intertwined with the history of the country itself. It is based on the official party publications, memoirs, the contemporary press, and research conducted in Hungarian, Austrian, French,...