The Hungarian Revolution of October 1956 was the most important armed rising against the USSR during the Cold War. Inspired by riots in East Germany (1953), and the example of Soviet troop withdrawal leading to Austrian neutrality (1955), there were spontaneous demonstrations by students and workers
Uprising The Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- Year
- 1981
- Category
- Fiction
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On the fiftieth anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution, a defining moment in the Cold War, Victor Sebestyen, a journalist whose own family fled from Hungary, gives us a totally fresh account of that uprising, incorporating newly released official Hungarian and Soviet documents, his familyβs diaries
Victor Sebestyen, a journalist whose own family fled Hungary, gives us a totally fresh account, incorporating newly released official documents, his family's diaries, and eyewitness testimony. We witness the thrilling first days whenβarmed only with a few rifles, petrol bombs, and desperate courageβ