History/Political Science paper by Kádár Lynn, Katalin
George Creel and Hungary: An Improbable Diplomat
Type of Abstract (select):Abstract (max. 250 words):
In the period from the First World War until the Cold War there was no more unusual connection and friendship in the political arena than that of the Damon Runyonesque George Creel of the United States with some of the leading political figures of Central and East Europe. Creel served as one of the closest advisors to the cerebral and Calvinistic President Woodrow Wilson and as a member of his cabinet during the First World War. At Wilson's behest,Creel became involved with Central and East European affairs at the conclusion of World War I. This paper will focus on the largely unknown history of Creel's relationship with Hungary from WWI until the dawn of the Cold War
Brief Professional Bio (max. 100 words):
Katalin Kádár Lynn is the Editor in Chief and Publisher of Helena History Press LLC, Reno, NV USA and Budapest, Hungary. As a historian her research has been concentrated on Central and East European political exiles and exile organizations. Her most recent research focus is on the intelligence activities of exile organizations during WWII and the Cold War. Amongst recent publications are an essay co-authored with Mark Stout Every Hungarian of any value to intelligence; Tibor Eckhardt, John Grombach, and the Pond that appeared in the October 2015 issue of Intelligence and National Security. Her essay on Hungarian immigration will appear in East Central European Migrations During the Cold War: A Handbook, Anna Mazurkiewicz, ed. DeGruyter Oldenbourg. Forthcoming 2019. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Colorado, her master's degree at Washington University, St. Louis, MO and her PhD at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. She is an out of country member of the Hungarian Academy.