Awards
- Winner of The Alexander Nove Prize 2021 (UK)
Overview
Winner of the Alec Nove Prize in Russian, Soviet, and Post-Soviet Studies Winner of the BASEES George Blazyca Prize In 1945, just six years after coming to power, the Slovak People's Party (SLS) was disbanded as a 'criminal organisation' and its leader - Jozef Tiso - hanged for treason. What made it possible for the SLS, initially founded in 1905 by priests to represent the Catholic Slovak minority residing in the north of the Kingdom of Hungary, to form an openly pro-Nazi government in 1939? And what put Slovakia on the path to a 'fascism' that would see more than 45,000 Jews deported to their deaths in 1942? To answer these questions, Thomas Lorman draws on more than a decade's research in archives across the region in Hungarian, Slovak and Latin, and studies the party's formative years in depth for the first time in English. Lorman examines the various strands which fused to form the party and its popularity, including a complex and nebulous nationalism, Catholicism and a resounding mistrust of liberalism and 'modernity'. The Making of the Slovak People’s Party is a vital and timely study of the genesis and success of far-right movements that will be essential reading for all scholars working on 20th-century Eastern European history, nationalism and the interplay of religion and politics.
Full Product Details
Author: Dr Thomas Lorman (University College London, UK)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Weight: 0.449kg
ISBN: 9781350194434
ISBN 10: 1350194433
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 26 November 2020
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
The Making of the Slovak People's Party is the first work fully to place wartime Slovakia's mentality in its correct historical context: the Hungarian 'culture wars' of the 'long' nineteenth century rather than the German Nazi dictatorship upon which Slovakia depended. Lorman's penetrating study will be of interest to students and specialists alike. * Mary Heimann, Professor of Modern History, Cardiff University, UK *
The Making of the Slovak People's Party is the first work fully to place wartime Slovakia's mentality in its correct historical context: the Hungarian 'culture wars' of the 'long' nineteenth century rather than the German Nazi dictatorship upon which Slovakia depended. Lorman's penetrating study will be of interest to students and specialists alike. --Mary Heimann, Professor of Modern History, Cardiff University, UK
The Making of the Slovak People's Party is the first work fully to place wartime Slovakia's mentality in its correct historical context: the Hungarian 'culture wars' of the 'long' 19th century rather than the German Nazi dictatorship upon which Slovakia depended. Lorman's penetrating study will be of interest to students and specialists alike. * Mary Heimann, Professor of Modern History, Cardiff University, UK *
Author Information
Thomas Lorman is Teaching Fellow in Modern Central European History at University College London, UK. He is the author of Counter-Revolutionary Hungary 1920-1925: Istvan Bethlen and the Politics of Consolidation (2006).
