The long shadow of the Treaty of TrianonHungary's struggles with the past. Point of View2020-06-01.
Journal: Archive of European Integration (AEI) (University of Pittsburgh)
Year: 2020

The 1920 Peace Treaty of Trianon, which sealed Hungary’s loss of two thirds of its territory, is regarded as the country’s greatest national tragedy. The disintegration of the multinational Kingdom of Hungary, which left large Hungarian populations in neighbouring states outside Hungary, was a key event in shaping Hungarian national identity, as well as the country’s internal and foreign policy in the century that followed. While Hungary responded to the Treaty of Trianon by developing various c