1st Edition

Meddling in Middle Europe Britain and the 'Lands Between' 1919-1925

By Miklos Lojkó Copyright 2006
376 Pages
by Central European University Press

376 Pages
by Central European University Press

This work addresses the much-ignored history of British policy towards Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Poland following the creation of nation states in Central Europe at the end of the First World War. Lojkó convincingly argues that the absence of trust in the new political settlement and the discrediting of the traditional channels of diplomacy resulted in British influence in the region, being... Read more
Introduction, Part I Britain and Hungary: Partnership of Convenience, Part II Britain and Czechoslovakia: Friendship to Estrangement, Part III British Policy Towards Poland: Diplomats and Bankers Against Heavy Odds, Conclusion, Bibliography, Index

Biography

Miklós Lojkó is a Ph.D graduate of the University of Cambridge, and is currently Senior Lecturer at the School of English and American Studies of Eötvös Loránd University as well as Academic Writing Instructor at the Department of History of the Central European University.