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One Thousand Years: A Concise History of Hungary
This study, intended for general readership, provides an excellent summary of Hungarian politics, society and culture.
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278 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1988
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January 2, 2018
It is always to see how a people regards its own history, especially forgotten victimhoods and villainous roles attributed by other countries*. Just beware of the pink ink once Belà Kun makes his intro up to the present day (1988) - before the fall of the wall.
It's not until Béla Kun that you notice the pink ink used to write what it has to say on the 1956 uprising,darkly hilarious in its omission as "growing pains".
the dogmatism of the Ràkosi leadership allowed no scope for important changes. This was even more the case after the 20th Congres of the Soviet Communist Party in february 1956, when Krushchev denounced Stalin's crimes. Therefore the tensions which had been building up over the years finally found expression on 23 October 1956. Hungarian society and its socialist system went through a profound and tragic crisis and emerged from it only at the cost of considerable sacrifice and losses.
Also a fun game: count the number of times Romanians are mentioned in relation to Transsylvania.
On the other hand, this Little Entente Enkreisung by Czechoslovakia, Poland and Romania may have effectively driven the country into Hitler's arms, Iron Arrow first ?
* compare to such standard Western European/American texts as A History of Eastern Europe: Crisis and Change by Biddeleux & Jeffries.
It's not until Béla Kun that you notice the pink ink used to write what it has to say on the 1956 uprising,darkly hilarious in its omission as "growing pains".
the dogmatism of the Ràkosi leadership allowed no scope for important changes. This was even more the case after the 20th Congres of the Soviet Communist Party in february 1956, when Krushchev denounced Stalin's crimes. Therefore the tensions which had been building up over the years finally found expression on 23 October 1956. Hungarian society and its socialist system went through a profound and tragic crisis and emerged from it only at the cost of considerable sacrifice and losses.
Also a fun game: count the number of times Romanians are mentioned in relation to Transsylvania.
On the other hand, this Little Entente Enkreisung by Czechoslovakia, Poland and Romania may have effectively driven the country into Hitler's arms, Iron Arrow first ?
* compare to such standard Western European/American texts as A History of Eastern Europe: Crisis and Change by Biddeleux & Jeffries.
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