István Kertész (diplomat)
István Kertész was a Hungarian diplomat who represented Hungary during the peace talks following World War II.Biography
During the Second World War, worked in the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and in 1943-1944, made efforts to convey the intentions of Admiral Miklós Horthy to surrender to the Allied powers in order to avoid further damage to the country.
After the war, Kertész opposed the Soviet takeover of Hungary and tried to avert the Allied demand to expel the German minority from Hungary. In 1946, Kertész represented the Hungarian government at the Paris Peace Conference.
Later, he fled Hungary and emigrated to the United States, where he lectured on diplomacy and international relations.Works
- Stephen Kertesz, Diplomacy in a Whirlpool
- Stephen Kertesz, Diplomacy in a Changing World
- Stephen Kertesz, “The Expulsion of the Germans from Hungary: A Study in Postwar Diplomacy”, The Review of Politics, Vol. 15, no. 2 pp. 179–208
- Stephen Kertesz, Nuclear Non-Proliferation in a World of Nuclear Powers
- Stephen Kertesz, The Last European Peace Conference, Paris 1946, Conflict of Values
- Stephen Kertesz, Between Russia and the West: Hungary and the Illusions of Peacemaking, 1945-1947
