Explosion : the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 /
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| Author / Creator: | Matthews, John P. C. |
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| Imprint: | New York, NY : Hippocrene Books, 2007. |
| Description: | 691 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6806453 |
| Summary: | In late October, 50 years ago, the world witnessed one of the largest leaderless spontaneous revolutions. Triggered by a confluence of fateful events, Hungarian students led hundreds of thousands of their countrymen in an open revolt against the Soviet-sponsored government. Matthews, a journalist at Radio Free Europe, realised he had a ringside seat and saved every scrap of news. Here, at long last, from those journalist reports and memoirs, he recreates a picture of what it was like to live through that exhilirating time. |
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| Physical Description: | 691 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 665-670) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780781811743 0781811740 |
