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1956 : the world in revolt / Simon Hall.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hall, Simon, 1976- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil rights--History.
- Civil rights.
- History.
- Human rights--History.
- Human rights.
- Nineteen fifty-six, A.D.
- History, Modern--20th century.
- History, Modern.
- Counterculture--History--20th century.
- Counterculture.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 509 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
- Other Title:
- Nineteen fifty-six : the world in revolt
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Pegasus Books, 2016.
- Summary:
- In 1956, all across the globe, ordinary people spoke out, filled the streets and city squares, and took up arms in an attempt to win their freedom.
- Contents:
- Winter: cracks in the old order
- Montgomery
- Mollet's surrender
- The secret speech
- Massive resistance
- Spring: a yearning for freedom
- The long walk
- Retreat from empire
- The Palestro massacre
- Part of a great struggle all over the world
- Summer: a spirit of rebellion
- Bread and freedom
- The Petőfi Circle
- Angry young men
- A coup de main
- The women's march
- Mob rule
- Autumn: revolution and reaction
- Collusion at Sèvres
- Polish October
- Uprising
- Suez
- Operation Whirlwind
- Sierra Maestra
- Freedom on the trail
- Aftermath.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographic references (pages vi, 401-496) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781681772059
- 1681772051
- OCLC:
- 940362184
- Publisher Number:
- 99968907925
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