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Sto caricando le informazioni... Twelve Days: The Story of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution (2006)di Victor Sebestyen
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Un rappel essentiel de cet "épisode" qui est avant tout un drame humain pour les victime, drame de la brutalité soviétique et de la lâcheté américaine. Les passages presque comiques sur la myopie de l'ONU sont consternants. ( ) Quando um jornalista húngaro telegrafa a Viena para contar da invasão dos tanques soviéticos, diz: quando eles forem embora, reconstruiremos nosso triste país. É impossível ler qualquer livro sobre a história da Hungria, inclusive esse, sem pensar que ele não estava sendo dramático quando escolheu esse adjetivo. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Sebestyen, a journalist whose own family fled from Hungary, gives us a fresh account of this defining moment in the Cold War, incorporating newly released official Hungarian and Soviet documents, his family's diaries, and eyewitness testimony. Tracing the events that led to the rebellion, Sebestyen's narrative moves from the tumultuous streets of Budapest to the Kremlin and the White House, where we hear conversations of those who planned and took part in the uprising and of those who helped crush it--some actively, others through craven inaction. Sebestyen shows how Western rhetoric encouraged the rebels and convinced them they would receive help. For a few thrilling days, as the world watched in amazement, it looked as though the Hungarians would humble the Soviet Union. Then the Soviets showed they would resort to brutal lengths to cling to their Communist empire--and the West let them.--From publisher description. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)943.9052History and Geography Europe Germany and central Europe Hungary Hungary 1918-Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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