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The 1956 Hungarian Revolution
Author | : Csaba B‚k‚s,Malcolm Byrne,M. J nos Rainer |
Publsiher | : Central European University Press |
Total Pages | : 668 |
Release | : 2002-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9639241660 |
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This volume presents the story of the Hungarian Revolution in 120 original documents, ranging from the minutes of Khrushchev's first meeting with Hungarian leaders after Stalin's death in 1953, to Yeltsin's declaration on Hungary in 1992. The great majority of the material comes from archives that were inaccessible until the 1990s, and appears here in English for the first time. Book jacket.
Cry Hungary
Author | : Reg Gadney |
Publsiher | : Atheneum Books |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : UOM:39015012800564 |
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Twelve Days
Author | : Victor Sebestyen |
Publsiher | : Hachette UK |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2010-11-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780297865438 |
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The defining moment of the Cold War: 'The beginning of the end of the Soviet empire.' (Richard Nixon) The Hungarian Revolution in 1956 is a story of extraordinary bravery in a fight for freedom, and of ruthless cruelty in suppressing a popular dream. A small nation, its people armed with a few rifles and petrol bombs, had the will and courage to rise up against one of the world's superpowers. The determination of the Hungarians to resist the Russians astonished the West. People of all kinds, throughout the free world, became involved in the cause. For 12 days it looked, miraculously, as though the Soviets might be humbled. Then reality hit back. The Hungarians were brutally crushed. Their capital was devastated, thousands of people were killed and their country was occupied for a further three decades. The uprising was the defining moment of the Cold War: the USSR showed that it was determined to hold on to its European empire, but it would never do so without resistance. From the Prague Spring to Lech Walesa's Solidarity and the fall of the Berlin Wall, the tighter the grip of the communist bloc, the more irresistible the popular demand for freedom.
One Day That Shook the Communist World
Author | : Paul Lendvai |
Publsiher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2010-12-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781400837649 |
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On October 23, 1956, a popular uprising against Soviet rule swept through Hungary like a force of nature, only to be mercilessly crushed by Soviet tanks twelve days later. Only now, fifty years after those harrowing events, can the full story be told. This book is a powerful eyewitness account and a gripping history of the uprising in Hungary that heralded the future liberation of Eastern Europe. Paul Lendvai was a young journalist covering politics in Hungary when the uprising broke out. He knew the government officials and revolutionaries involved. He was on the front lines of the student protests and the bloody street fights and he saw the revolutionary government smashed by the Red Army. In this riveting, deeply personal, and often irreverent book, Lendvai weaves his own experiences with in-depth reportage to unravel the complex chain of events leading up to and including the uprising, its brutal suppression, and its far-reaching political repercussions in Hungary and neighboring Eastern Bloc countries. He draws upon exclusive interviews with Russian and former KGB officials, survivors of the Soviet backlash, and relatives of those executed. He reveals new evidence from closed tribunals and documents kept secret in Soviet and Hungarian archives. Lendvai's breathtaking narrative shows how the uprising, while tragic, delivered a stunning blow to Communism that helped to ultimately bring about its demise. One Day That Shook the Communist World is the best account of these unprecedented events.
The Bridge at Andau
Author | : James A. Michener |
Publsiher | : Dial Press Trade Paperback |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2015-06-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780812986747 |
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The Bridge at Andau is James A. Michener at his most gripping. His classic nonfiction account of a doomed uprising is as searing and unforgettable as any of his bestselling novels. For five brief, glorious days in the autumn of 1956, the Hungarian revolution gave its people a glimpse at a different kind of future—until, at four o’clock in the morning on a Sunday in November, the citizens of Budapest awoke to the shattering sound of Russian tanks ravaging their streets. The revolution was over. But freedom beckoned in the form of a small footbridge at Andau, on the Austrian border. By an accident of history it became, for a few harrowing weeks, one of the most important crossings in the world, as the soul of a nation fled across its unsteady planks. Praise for The Bridge at Andau “Precise, vivid . . . immeasurably stirring.”—The Atlantic Monthly “Dramatic, chilling, enraging.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Superb.”—Kirkus Reviews “Highly recommended reading.”—Library Journal
The 1956 Hungarian Revolution
Author | : Christopher Adam,Tibor Egervari,Leslie Laczko,Judy Young |
Publsiher | : University of Ottawa Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780776607054 |
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A collection essays focuses on the impact of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution against the communist leadership, focusing on its impact on Hungary itself, Canada and around the world. Original.
Failed Illusions
Author | : Charles Gati |
Publsiher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : UOM:39015066738132 |
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A riveting new look at a key event of the Cold War, Failed Illusions fundamentally modifies our picture of what happened during the 1956 Hungarian revolution. Now, fifty years later, Charles Gati challenges the simplicity of this David and Goliath story in his new history of the revolt.
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956
Author | : László Eörsi |
Publsiher | : Eastern European Monographs |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : UOM:39015073596226 |
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Published on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the revolution, this groundbreaking book reexamines the events of the uprising and the activities of some of its well-known participants, presenting them as historical actors rather than mythological figures.