Could it have been different?
Eric Hobsbawm: Budapest 1956, 16 November 2006
Journey to a Revolution: A Personal Memoir and History of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956
by Michael Korda.
HarperCollins, 221 pp., $24.95, September 2006,0 06 077261 1 Show More
by Michael Korda.
HarperCollins, 221 pp., $24.95, September 2006,
Twelve Days: Revolution 1956
by Victor Sebestyen.
Weidenfeld, 340 pp., £20, August 2006,0 297 84731 7 Show More
by Victor Sebestyen.
Weidenfeld, 340 pp., £20, August 2006,
A Good Comrade: Janos Kadar, Communism and Hungary
by Roger Gough.
Tauris, 323 pp., £24.50, August 2006,1 84511 058 7 Show More
by Roger Gough.
Tauris, 323 pp., £24.50, August 2006,
Failed Illusions: Moscow, Washington, Budapest and the 1956 Hungarian Revolt
by Charles Gati.
Stanford, 264 pp., £24.95, September 2006,0 8047 5606 6 Show More
by Charles Gati.
Stanford, 264 pp., £24.95, September 2006,
“... historical figure who was, not uncharacteristically, an admirer of The Good Soldier Svejk. Charles Gati’s Failed Illusions: Moscow, Washington, Budapest and the 1956 Hungarian Revolt is an outstanding work. Its four major conclusions can be briefly stated in the author’s own words. ‘First, relatively few Hungarians actually fought against ... ”
