Failed illusions : Moscow, Washington, Budapest, and the 1956 Hungarian revolt / Charles Gati.
Failed illusions : Moscow, Washington, Budapest, and the 1956 Hungarian revolt / Charles Gati.
Failed illusions : Moscow, Washington, Budapest, and the 1956 Hungarian revolt / Charles Gati.
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Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2006.
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N943.9052/6
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xv, 264 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction to the argument -- The inadvertent revolutionary -- Washington and Budapest before the explosion -- Moscow and Budapest before the explosion -- The revolt that failed -- The revolt that did not have to fail -- Epilogue: memories repressed and recovered.
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Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2006.
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District of Columbia
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c2006.
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"The 1956 Hungarian revolution, and its suppression by the Red Army, was a key event in the Cold War, demonstrating both deep dissatisfaction with the communist system and old-fashioned Soviet imperialism. But now, fifty years later, the simplicity of treating this extraordinary event as an uncomplicated David and Goliath story should be revisited,...
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Failed illusions : Moscow, Washington, Budapest, and the 1956 Hungarian revolt / Charles Gati.
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Cold War International History Project series.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-252) and index.
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N943.9052/6
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9780804756068 (cloth : alk. paper)
0804756066 (cloth : alk. paper)
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943.9052
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991022027809702626
