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

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2008.Description: 297 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780691132822 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0691132828 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 943.905/2
LOC classification:
  • 321 DB 957 L564o 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
A day that shook the Communist world -- The road to revolution -- A night of cataclysmic decisions -- The legend of the corvinists -- Wrestling for the soul of Imre Nagy -- Deadlocked -- A turnaround with a question mark -- The general, the colonel, and the adjutant -- The dams are breaking -- The condottiere, the "Uncle," and the romantics -- Decision in the Kremlin: the end of patience -- Double dive into darkness -- The puppeteers and the Kadar Enigma -- Operation whirlwind and Kadar phantom government -- The Yugoslav-Soviet conspiracy -- The second revolution -- The moral bankruptcy of the U.S. liberation theory -- Worldwide reactions -- The barbarous vendetta of the victors -- 1956-1989: victory in defeat?
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 321 DB 957 L564o 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000069823

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

Translated from the German.

A day that shook the Communist world -- The road to revolution -- A night of cataclysmic decisions -- The legend of the corvinists -- Wrestling for the soul of Imre Nagy -- Deadlocked -- A turnaround with a question mark -- The general, the colonel, and the adjutant -- The dams are breaking -- The condottiere, the "Uncle," and the romantics -- Decision in the Kremlin: the end of patience -- Double dive into darkness -- The puppeteers and the Kadar Enigma -- Operation whirlwind and Kadar phantom government -- The Yugoslav-Soviet conspiracy -- The second revolution -- The moral bankruptcy of the U.S. liberation theory -- Worldwide reactions -- The barbarous vendetta of the victors -- 1956-1989: victory in defeat?

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