Failed illusions : Moscow, Washington, Budapest, and the 1956 Hungarian revolt / Charles Gati.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gati, Charles.

Series:

Cold War International History Project series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Hungary--History--Revolution, 1956.

Hungary.

History.

Hungary--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.

Hungary--Foreign relations--United States.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--Hungary.

Soviet Union.

United States--Foreign relations--Hungary.

United States.

Physical Description:

xv, 264 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2006]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction to the argument

The inadvertent revolutionary

Washington and Budapest before the explosion

Moscow and Budapest before the explosion

The revolt that failed

The revolt that did not have to fail

Epilogue: memories repressed and recovered.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-252) and index.

ISBN:

0804756066

OCLC:

68624113

Publisher Number:

9780804756068