One day that shook the Communist world : the 1956 Hungarian uprising and its legacy / Paul Lendvai ; translated by Ann Major.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lendvai, Paul, 1929-

Standardized Title:

Ungarnaufstand 1956. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Hungary--History--Revolution, 1956.

Hungary.

History.

Physical Description:

297 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2008]

Summary:

"A brilliant synthesis of the events of 1956 and their background written in Lendvai's smooth, intelligent, and witty style, with the same elegant translation known to readers from his highly successful book, "The Hungarians." Lendvai has a remarkable facility for unmasking the many lies told during the past half century by the Soviet and Hungarian Communists, as well as legends perpetrated by Hungarian nationalists."--Istvn Dek, coeditor of "The Politics of Retribution in Europe"

Contents:

1 A Day That Shook the Communist World 5

2 The Road to Revolution 25

3 A Night of Cataclysmic Decisions 45

4 The Legend of the Corvinists 55

5 Wrestling for the Soul of Imre Nagy 67

6 Deadlocked 75

7 A Turnaround with a Question Mark 83

8 The General, the Colonel, and the Adjutant 89

9 The Dams Are Breaking 101

10 The Condottiere, the "Uncle," and the Romantics 109

11 Decision in the Kremlin: The End of Patience 119

12 Double Dive into Darkness 127

13 The Puppeteers and the Kadar Enigma 139

14 Operation Whirlwind and Kadar's Phantom Government 149

15 The Yugoslav-Soviet Conspiracy 163

16 The Second Revolution 173

17 The Moral Bankruptcy of the U.S. Liberation Theory 185

18 Worldwide Reactions 195

19 The Barbarous Vendetta of the Victors 211

20 1956-1989: Victory in Defeat? 225

Epilogue: Whose 1956? 241.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-284) and index.

Translated from the German.

ISBN:

9780691132822

0691132828

OCLC:

147988596