Thomas L. Sakmyster

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]}

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]

Works

Sakmyster's works include:

Books:

• Hungary, the Great Powers, and the Danubian Crisis, 1936-1939 (1980)^[9]
• Hungary's Admiral on Horseback: Miklós Horthy, 1918-1944 (1994)^[10]
  • Miklos Horthy: Ungarn 1918-1944 (2006)^[11]
• Red Conspirator: J. Peters and the American Communist Underground (Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2007)^[2][12]
• A Communist Odyssey: The Life of József Pogány / John Pepper (Central European University Press, 2012)^[13]

Articles:

• "The Hungarian State to Germany of August, 1948: Some New Evidence on Hungary in Hitler's Pre-Munich Policy" Canadian Slavic Studies (1969)
• "Bethlen István Titkos Iratai, Edited by Miklós Szinai and Laszlo Sziics," Canadian Slavic Studies (1974)^[14]
• "Army Officers and Foreign Policy in Interwar Hungary, 1918-41," Journal of Contemporary History (1975)^[15]
• "From Habsburg Admiral to Hungarian Regent: The Political Metamorphosis of Miklós Horthy 1918–1921," East European Quarterly (1983)^[16]

See also

• Miklós Horthy
• J. Peters
• József Pogány

References

1. "About". Thomas Sakmyster. 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
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.

External sources

• University of Cincinnati