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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 exhilarating time.
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"[It is] important that the author, although his sympathy is unquestionable, is not a Hungarian, so he can describe the events as more or less an independent observer, much more objectively than Hungarians who were deeply affected by these events.
An especially important merit of his book is that he does not consider November 4 to be the closing date of the Revolution, but presents a vivid picture of the fighting that took place after the second Soviet intervention and the political resistance in that period... In addition to presenting events of the Revolution and war of independence, he also presents a rich picture of the international effects of the Revolution and the different protesting actions."
-Dr. Attila Szakolczai, Institute for the History of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, Budapest
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"Explosion is a comprehensive, and indeed indispensable, account of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. It gives the reader a sense of witnessing one of the most important events of the cold war. The book brings to life not only the Revolution's global dimensions and political impact; it also offers insights into a human drama."
-Professor Charles Gati, Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, John Hopkins University
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- PublisherHippocrene Books
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0781811740
- ISBN 13 9780781811743
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages691
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