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Failed Illusions
A riveting new look at a key event of the Cold War, Failed Illusions fundamentally modifies our picture of what happened during the 1956 Hungarian revolution. Now, fifty years later, Charles Gati challenges the simplicity of this David and Goliath story in his new history of the revolt.
Hungary and the Soviet Bloc
Traces the change in Hungarian antisemitism, from rural-urban tension before the Second World War to antagonism toward the communist leadership, which was primarily Jewish, during the first decade after 1944. Ch. 4 (pp. 100-107), "A Note on Communists and the Jewish Question, " distinguishes between the attitude of Jewish communist leaders, who denied their Jewish roots and often expressed antisemitic remarks themselves, and the extent of support of Hungarian Jews for the new communist regime.
The Bloc that Failed
..". lucid and stimulating... " --The New York Times Book Review "Essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the new Eastern Europe and the collapse of Soviet control over it--informative and incisive." --Zbigniew Brzezinski "Gati's book... is the most current and best-informed study of this rapidly changing world.... Professor Gati is uniquely qualified to understand and give perspective to the impact of perestroika and Soviet 'new thinking' on the events in Eastern Europe." --William H. Luers, Former U. S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia ..". a superb synthesis of the postwar evolution of Soviet-East European relations and the first up-to-date analysis of the revolutionary events i...
Zbig
"Zbigniew Brzezinski's multifaceted career dealing with U.S. security and foreign policy has led him from the halls of academia to multiple terms in public service, including a stint as President Carter's National Security Advisor from 1977 to 1981. He is a renowned policy analyst and author who frequently appears as a commentator on popular talk shows, including MSNBC's Morning Joe and PBS's NewsHour. Brzezinski's strategic vision continues to carry a great deal of gravitas. This analysis of Brzezinski's statecraft will be of interest not only to the general public but also to students as well as policy makers in the United States and throughout the world. To assess the ramifications of Brz...
The Politics of Modernization in Eastern Europe
Monograph comprising conference papers on the political aspects of modernization and social change in Eastern Europe - covers international relations and regional level politics, the foreign policy role of USSR in the region, etc. References and statistical tables. Conference held in new york 1973 mar 23 and 24.
The International Politics of Eastern Europe
FROST (copy 2): From the John Holmes Library collection.
The 1956 Hungarian Revolution
This volume presents the story of the Hungarian Revolution in 120 original documents, ranging from the minutes of Khrushchev's first meeting with Hungarian leaders after Stalin's death in 1953, to Yeltsin's declaration on Hungary in 1992. The great majority of the material comes from archives that were inaccessible until the 1990s, and appears here in English for the first time. Book jacket.
