Hungary in the Cold War, 1945-1956
Title | Hungary in the Cold War, 1945-1956 PDF eBook |
Author | L szl¢ Borhi |
Publisher | Central European University Press |
Pages | 376 |
Release | 2004-01-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9789639241800 |
"Based on new archival evidence, this book examines Soviet empire building in Hungary and the American response to it." "The book analyzes why, given all its idealism and power, the U.S. failed even in its minimal aims concerning the states of Eastern Europe. Eventually both the United States and the Soviet Union pursued power politics: the Soviets in a naked form, the U.S. subtly, but both with little regard for the fate of Hungarians."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Hungary in the Cold War, 1945-1956
Title | Hungary in the Cold War, 1945-1956 PDF eBook |
Author | László Borhi |
Publisher | |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Hungary |
ISBN |
Hungarian Uprising
Title | Hungarian Uprising PDF eBook |
Author | Louis Archard |
Publisher | Pen and Sword |
Pages | 176 |
Release | 2018-01-30 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1526708043 |
When the world held its breath It is more than 25 years since the end of the Cold War. It began over 75 years ago, in 1944 long before the last shots of the Second World War had echoed across the wastelands of Eastern Europe with the brutal Greek Civil War. The battle lines are no longer drawn, but they linger on, unwittingly or not, in conflict zones such as Syria, Somalia and Ukraine. In an era of mass-produced AK-47s and ICBMs, one such flashpoint was Hungary Soviet troops had occupied Hungary in 1945 as they pushed towards Germany and by 1949 the country was ruled by a communist government that towed the Soviet line. Resentment at the system eventually boiled over at the end of October 1956. Protests erupted on the streets of Budapest and, as the violence spread, the government fell and was replaced by a new, more moderate regime. However, the intention of the new government to withdraw from the Warsaw Pact and declare neutrality in the Cold War proved just too much for Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.Soviet forces had intervened at the beginning of events to help the former regime keep order but were withdrawn at the end of October, only to return in November and quell the uprising with blunt force. Thousands were arrested, many of whom were imprisoned and more than 300 executed. An estimated 200,000 fled Hungary as refugees. Despite advocating a policy of rolling back Soviet influence, the US and other western powers were helpless to stop the suppression of the uprising, which marked a realization that the Cold War in Europe had reached a stalemate.
The 1956 Hungarian Revolution and World Politics
Title | The 1956 Hungarian Revolution and World Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Csaba Békés |
Publisher | |
Pages | 42 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Cold War |
ISBN |
The 1956 Hungarian Revolution
Title | The 1956 Hungarian Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | Csaba B‚k‚s |
Publisher | Central European University Press |
Pages | 668 |
Release | 2002-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9789639241664 |
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.
Twelve Days
Title | Twelve Days PDF eBook |
Author | Victor Sebestyen |
Publisher | Hachette UK |
Pages | 408 |
Release | 2010-11-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0297865439 |
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.
Somewhere in Europe
Title | Somewhere in Europe PDF eBook |
Author | François Doppler |
Publisher | VDM Publishing |
Pages | 104 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9783639215861 |
On the span of European countries defeated by the Allies, Hungary's position changed according to its political relations with the Soviet Union. American public opinion, attentive to what was happening in Central Europe in the 1950s, acquired its information through the US press (both newspapers and periodicals), as well as in literature and cinema. After a brief overview of the Magyar presence in the USA from the 1848 Freedom Fighters to the Second World War, the author questions the evolution of the cultural influence of Hungary in the United States at the beginning of the Cold War. It aims at showing that a cultural explanation also exists for the non-intervention of the US military forces during the October 1956 uprising. It eventually questions the accuracy of the image of Hungary in the United States.