The First Domino - International Decision Making during the Hungarian Crisis of 1956 (Hardcover, New)

In the spring and summer of 1956 the Soviet Union invaded Hungary to reassert control of the country. "The First Domino is the first full analysis in English drawing on new archival collections from East-bloc countries to reinterpret decision making during this Cold War crisis. Johanna Granville selects four key patterns of misperception as laid out by political scientist Robert Jervis and shows how these patterns prevailed in the military crackdown and in other countries' reactions to it. Granville examines the statements and actions of Soviet Presidium members, the Hungarian leadership, U.S. policy makers, and even Yugoslav and Polish leaders. She concludes that the United States bears some responsibility for the events of 1956, as ill-advised U.S. convert actions may have convinced Soviet leaders that America was attempting to weaken Soviet hegemony over Eastern Europe. Granville's multi-archival research tends to confirm the post-revisionists' theory about the cold war: it was everyone's fault and no one's fault. It resulted from the emerging bipolar structure of the international system, the power vacuum in Europe's center, and spiraling misconceptions.

General

Imprint:	Texas A & M University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Eastern European Studies
Release date:	2004
First published:	December 2003
Authors:	Johanna Granville (Campbell National Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, California, USA)
Foreword by:	Raymond L. Garthoff
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	352
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-58544-298-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Books > History > General
LSN:	1-58544-298-4
Barcode:	9781585442980

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