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Twelve Days - Revolution 1956. How the Hungarians Tried to Topple Their Soviet Masters (Hardcover)
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Twelve Days - Revolution 1956. How the Hungarians Tried to Topple Their Soviet Masters (Hardcover)
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The Hungarian Revolution in 1956 is a story of extraordinary
bravery in a fight for freedom, and of ruthless cruelty in
suppressing a popular dream. A small nation, its people armed with
a few rifles and petrol bombs, had the will and courage to rise up
against one of the world's superpowers. The determination of the
Hungarians to resist the Russians astonished the West. People of
all kinds, throughout the free world, became involved in the cause.
For 12 days it looked, miraculously, as though the Soviets might be
humbled. Then reality hit back. The Hungarians were brutally
crushed. Their capital was devastated, thousands of people were
killed and their country was occupied for a further three decades.
The uprising was the defining moment of the Cold War: the USSR
showed that it was determined to hold on to its European empire,
but it would never do so without resistence. From the Prague Spring
to Lech Walesa's Solidarity and the fall of the Berlin Wall, the
tighter the grip of the communist bloc, the more irresistible the
popular demand for freedom. In this new account Victor Sebestyen,
who was brought out of Hungary as an infant, draws on fresh
evidence from Moscow, Washington and Budapest, as well as
interviews with participants, that brings new light on a story that
will always be an inspiration to those who hate tyranny.
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