The 1956 Hungarian Revolution in World Politics
By Csaba Békés
Budapest, 1956-os Intézet, 2006
391 pages, 5990 Ft
An English language edition of this book is forthcoming:
Csaba Békés: Cold War, Détente, Revolution. Center for Hungarian Studies and Publications, Inc. (Social Science Monographs), Boulder, Colorado, Wayne, New Jersey.
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| Foreword | ||
| Introduction | ||
| I. | The main trends in East-West relations, 1945-53 | |
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The origins of the Cold War |
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The German question |
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The Marshall Plan |
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Sovietization of East-Central Europe |
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The years of the classic Cold War |
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| II. | East-Central Europe and the great powers, 1953-56 | |
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The Soviet Union |
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European relations in transformation Soviet crisis management and de-Stalinization in East-Central Europe |
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| The Western Great Powers | ||
| III. | The Hungarian Revolution and World politics | |
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Hopes and illusions in Hungary |
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The foreign policy of the Imre Nagy government |
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The making of the declaration of neutrality |
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The Soviet Union and the Soviet Bloc |
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The Western world, the Suez crisis and the United Nations |
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United States of America Britain, France and the Suez crisis The Hungarian question in the United Nations |
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| IV. | The international impact of the revolution | |
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Developments in East-West relations |
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The United Nations and the Third World |
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The United States of America |
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The Soviet Union |
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The Soviet Bloc |
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Western public opinion |
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APPENDIX |
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| List of documents | ||
| References | ||
| Bibliography (compiled by László Gyõri and András Kiss) | ||
| Index of names | ||
| Abbreviations | ||
| English summary | ||
| English table of contents | ||