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Twelve Days

- Revolution 1956. How the Hungarians tried to topple their Soviet masters
Af: Victor Sebestyen Engelsk Paperback

Twelve Days

- Revolution 1956. How the Hungarians tried to topple their Soviet masters
Af: Victor Sebestyen Engelsk Paperback
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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.

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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.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 368
ISBN-13: 9780753822142
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0753822148
Kategori: Hungary
Udg. Dato: 1 jun 2007
Længde: 24mm
Bredde: 133mm
Højde: 200mm
Forlag: Orion Publishing Co
Oplagsdato: 1 jun 2007
Forfatter(e): Victor Sebestyen
Forfatter(e) Victor Sebestyen


Kategori Hungary


ISBN-13 9780753822142


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 368


Udgave


Længde 24mm


Bredde 133mm


Højde 200mm


Udg. Dato 1 jun 2007


Oplagsdato 1 jun 2007


Forlag Orion Publishing Co

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