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22 wrz 2021 · The Hungarian Revolution was a landmark in Cold War history. The confrontation of state versus empire shocked the Soviet Union and showed that other Eastern Bloc states could achieve similar...
5 mar 2021 · This is a history of the 1956 Hungarian uprising and its aftermath. The book sets the revolutionary events in their full context, both nationally and internationally. Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-218) and index. 1.
In Hungary, instead of commemorating the end of World War II every year, we have a recurring ideological debate about the meaning and relevance of 1945. The front lines of this debate are the same as the front lines in the debates on 1956.
20 maj 2017 · On October 23, 1956, a popular uprising against Soviet rule swept through Hungary like a force of nature, only to be mercilessly crushed by Soviet tanks twelve days later.
10 maj 2017 · Defending Eisenhower’s reticence to take stiffer action, including covertly assisting the Hungarian rebels or threatening to use tactical nuclear weapons on supply routes into Hungary, the study notes his concerns about inadvertently touching off a nuclear war with the USSR.
1 sty 2010 · Hungary in the Cold War, 1945–1956 is a dense, well-researched book exploring Hungary’s role in the Cold War.
In or outside of Hungary, few historians know as much about the post-1945 foreign relations of this East-Central European country as László Borhi, author of Hungary in the Cold War.
