KOSSUTH’S EFFORT TO ENLIST AMERICA INTO THE HUNGARIAN CAUSE
KOSSUTH’S EFFORT TO ENLIST AMERICA INTO THE HUNGARIAN CAUSE
Author(s): Steven Béla VárdySubject(s): Diplomatic history, Political history, International relations/trade, 19th Century
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Lajos Kossuth; Habsburg Empire; Hungarian Revolution; American nonintervention; Gettysburg Address; American foreign policy;
Summary/Abstract: Kossuth hoped that during his tour of the United States he would be able to persuade the American Government to intervene on behalf of the Hungarian cause. He was mistaken. Following his so-called “triumphal tour,” he was forced to return to Europe as a bitter and disappointed man. Kossuth’s disillusionment was not with American democracy. Rather, it was with his inability to persuade America’s political leadership to part with the principle of nonintervention laid down by George Washington.
- Issue Year: 16/2002
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 237-252
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English
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