After nearly three decades of dutiful service to the Communist
Party, Imre Nagy led the popular uprising against the Soviet
authorities during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. Two years later
he was disgraced and executed. How did the formerly loyal Party
servant become one of its most ardent critics? How did he reconcile
his own beliefs with the demands of the Party for so long -- and
what finally drove him to take a stand? And how should we
understand his legacy for the modern democracy of Hungary?
This definitive biography of the Communist leader traces his
life from his conventional, petty bourgeois childhood in south-west
Hungary, through his tremendous political achievements and ultimate
dramatic failure. The first complete portrait of this complex and
contradictory figure, Imre Nagy is vividly brought to life as an
enigmatic figure whose actions shaped Hungary's destiny in 1956 and
ever since.
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