The Hungarian Defence Forces from the regime change to date (1.)

Abstract

The Hungarian Defence Forces were established during the revolution and war of independence of 1848-49, whose 170th anniversary is celebrated this year. The author of the study – a former commander and then Chief of General Staff of the Hungarian Defence Forces – analyses the last three decades of the history of the HDF. Part 1 contains the detailed presentation of the influence of social environment on the military, the transformation of the command and control system of the forces, responses to new security challenges, stages of Euro-Atlantic integration, and the process of adjustment to allied requirements.