Thomas L. Sakmyster

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Thomas L. Sakmyster (born 1943) is an American professor emeritus of history of the University of Cincinnati, known for his studies of early 20th-century Hungary, including the "first full-length scholarly study of Hungary's most controversial figure" of the 20th century and the "most important work on the admiral to date", Miklós Horthy, as well as a meticulously-researched even-handed biography of the Hungarian-Soviet spy J. Peters. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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Background

Thomas L. Sakmyster was born in 1943 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. In 1965, he received a BA from Dartmouth. In 1967, he received an MA and in 1971 a doctorate, both in history, from Indiana University. His dissertation was on Hungary and the Coming of the European Crisis, 1937-1938. [1]

Career

In 1971, Sakmyster began to teach history at the University of Cincinnati. [1] In 1985, he served as director of graduate studies. [7] As of 1995, he served as Walter Langsam Professor of European History. [1] In 2003, he served as acting chair of History. [8] In 2005, he retired and in 2007 became professor emeritus. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "About". Thomas Sakmyster. 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Red Conspirator: J. Peters and the American Communist Underground". University of Illinois Press. 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Political Controversy over the Role of Regent Miklós Horthy (1920-1944)". Hungarian Spectrum. 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  4. ↑ Goldberger, Samuel (February 1998). "Goldberger on Sakmyster, 'Hungary's Admiral on Horseback: Miklos Horthy, 1918-1944'". H-NET Habsburg. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  5. ↑ Adams, Jefferson (8 December 2011). "Out of the Shadows". International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. H-NET Habsburg. 25: 191–195. doi:10.1080/08850607.2012.622996. S2CID   153693667 . Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  6. ↑ Essays on Hitler's Europe. University of Nebraska Press. 8 December 2011. p. 148. ISBN   978-0803266308 . Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  7. ↑ Guide to Departments of History. American Historical Association. 1985. p. 74. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  8. ↑ Directory of History Departments, Historical Organizations, and Historians. American Historical Association. 2003. p. 97. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  9. ↑ Sakmyster, Thomas L. (1980). Hungary, the Great Powers, and the Danubian Crisis, 1936-1939. University of Georgia Press. ISBN   9780820304694 . Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  10. ↑ Sakmyster, Thomas L. (1994). Hungary's Admiral on Horseback: Miklós Horthy, 1918-1944. Columbia University Press. p. 476. ISBN   9780880332934 . Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  11. ↑ Sakmyster, Thomas L. (2006). Miklos Horthy: Ungarn 1918-1944. Edition Steinbauer. p. 455. ISBN   9780880332934 . Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  12. ↑ Sakmyster, Thomas L. (25 April 2011). "UC History Professor Goes on the Hunt for Hungarian Communist". University of Cincinnati. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  13. ↑ "Thomas Sakmyster". CEU Press. 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  14. ↑ Sakmyster, Thomas L. (January 1974). "Bethlen István Titkos Iratai, Edited by Miklós Szinai and Laszlo Sziics". Canadian Slavic Studies: 161–162. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  15. ↑ Sakmyster, Thomas L. (1975). "Army Officers and Foreign Policy in Interwar Hungary, 1918-41". Journal of Contemporary History. 10: 19–40. doi:10.1177/002200947501000102. S2CID   159569870 . Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  16. ↑ Sakmyster, Thomas L. (June 1983). "From Habsburg Admiral to Hungarian Regent: The Political Metamorphosis of Miklós Horthy 1918–1921". East European Quarterly: 129–148.

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