Before the Uprising: Hungary Under Communism, 1949-1956

ISBN-13: 9781009180429 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022

Peter Kenez

Opis

Examines the specific social, economic, political and intellectual characteristics of totalitarian Hungary, at the critical moment before the 1956 Revolution.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. The political system; 2. Social and economic transformation; 3. Terror; 4. Communists killing one another; 5. Education and culture; 6. Hungary and the death of Stalin; 7. The new course; 8. Counter reforms; 9. Twentieth Party Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; 10. The summer of 1956; 11. Revolution in the air; 12. Twelve days of freedom; Conclusion.