Reddit reviews A Concise History of Hungary (Cambridge Concise Histories)

Jean-Claude Juncker recently received this one a few days ago from a MEP for being ignorant.

Well, there's that Jerusalem Post overview I've linked to our friend here. That's a very brief -and surprisingly objective- overview.

I've read a couple of books in English, since I have been trying to find relatively unbiased opinions; it's not easy. For some reason Hungary is not a very prominent topic in English language historical works. Go figure.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hungary-Unwilling-John-Flournoy-Montgomery/dp/1931313571/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1457954311&sr=8-1&keywords=hungary+montgomery

This book is NOT unbiased, however, it's a very fascinating first hand account from the US Ambassador of the time.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Will-Survive-History-Hungary/dp/1849041121/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1457954225&sr=8-1&keywords=hungary+history

This one I've just finished; it's a pretty good account, however, it's not written by a historian...


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Concise-History-Hungary-Cambridge-Histories/dp/0521667364/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1457954225&sr=8-4&keywords=hungary+history

This one I like, but the English is not very easy, and it's written by a Hungarian historian.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/History-Hungary-Millennium-Central-Europe/dp/1403903174/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1457954225&sr=8-7&keywords=hungary+history

And this is what is on my next "to buy" list.

The thing is most books I've found that dedicated to the Holocaust in Hungary are written by Hungarian authors; so these books above will only contain a chapter or two on the issue. If you find a book on this topic written by a non-Hungarian author, I'd be really interested to read it.