One Day That Shook the Communist World: The 1956 Hungarian Uprising and Its Legacy - Paul Lendvai - Books - Princeton University Press - 9780691132822 - March 23, 2008
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One Day That Shook the Communist World: The 1956 Hungarian Uprising and Its Legacy

Paul Lendvai

One Day That Shook the Communist World: The 1956 Hungarian Uprising and Its Legacy

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. This book presents an eyewitness account and an history of the uprising in Hungary that heralded the future liberation of Eastern Europe.


320 pages, 14 halftones. 2 maps.

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released March 23, 2008
ISBN13 9780691132822
Publishers Princeton University Press
Pages 312
Dimensions 166 × 241 × 25 mm   ·   600 g
Language English  
Translator Major, Ann

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