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.[1][2]

Background

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. He served as Walter Langsam Professor of European History as of 1995. In 2005, he retired and in 2007 became professor emeritus.[1]

Works

Sakmyster's books include:

  • Hungary, the Great Powers, and the Danubian Crisis, 1936-1939 (University of Georgia Press, 1980)
  • Hungary's Admiral on Horseback: Miklós Horthy, 1918-1944 (Columbia University Press, 1994)
    • Miklos Horthy: Ungarn 1918-1944 (Edition Steinbauer, 2006)
  • Red Conspirator: J. Peters and the American Communist Underground (Champagne, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2007)[2]
  • A Communist Odyssey: The Life of József Pogány / John Pepper (Central European University Press, 2012)[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "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. ↑ "Thomas Sakmyster". CEU Press. 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2018.


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