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Twelve Days: Revolution 1956. How the Hungarians tried to topple their Soviet masters
Victor Sebestyen
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Description for Twelve Days: Revolution 1956. How the Hungarians tried to topple their Soviet masters
Paperback. The defining moment of the Cold War: 'The beginning of the end of the Soviet empire.' (Richard Nixon) Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVH; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 312.
The defining moment of the Cold War: 'The beginning of the end of the Soviet empire.' (Richard Nixon)
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780753822142
SKU
V9780753822142
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99-50
About Victor Sebestyen
Victor Sebestyen is the acclaimed author of TWELVE DAYS (W&N, 2006), REVOLUTION 1989 (W&N, 2009) and 1946 (Macmillan, 2014). He was born in Budapest. He was a child when his family left Hungary as refugees. As a journalist, he has worked for numerous British newspapers, including the EVENING STANDARD, DAILY MAIL and THE TIMES. He reported widely from Eastern Europe ... Read more
Reviews for Twelve Days: Revolution 1956. How the Hungarians tried to topple their Soviet masters
This is a vivid, heartbreaking account of the brutal crushing of the first armed insurrection against Soviet occupation. Twelve Days is essential reading for understanding the great risks people will take for freedom
Kati Marton, author of The Great Escape: Nine Hungarians Sebestyen's ...will be the classic account of the Uprising
Economist History Book of the Year 2006 ... Read more
Kati Marton, author of The Great Escape: Nine Hungarians Sebestyen's ...will be the classic account of the Uprising
Economist History Book of the Year 2006 ... Read more