Based on his own experiences, Lendvai adds a sharp focus to understanding of one of the most important events of the 20th century, the spontaneous Hungarian uprising. He maintains a balanced account of the causes and consequences of this heroic but tragic revolt, including the nonassistance of the Western nations, especially the U.S.
T.M. Racz, Choice Lendvai's approach and ... Read morestyle make this book a particularly welcome addition to the scholarship on the Hungarian revolution... Though the entire book has a great deal to offer the reader ... [the] final chapters, evaluating the legacy of the 1956 uprising, are the ones where Lendvai offers his most striking additions to the history of the revolution.
Eliza Ablovatski, Austrian History Yearbook Lendvai has produced a sophisticated narrative of complex events, interweaving political, international, military, social, personal, and intellectual history into a thick fabric of historical text. Importantly, he argues that 1956 is an important year in Hungarian, and Western, heritage. Commendably, Lendvai shows his intellectual debt to Hungarian scholars throughout the text. One Day That Shook the Communist World is one of the most readable and best English language accounts of the Hungarian 1956 Uprising.
Laszlo Borhi, Historian The detail in this work is impressive, the narrative engaging, and the judgments considered.
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