Litvan, Ed., The Hungarian Revolution Of 1956 - Reform, Revolt, And Repression, 1953-1963

Abstract

Hungarian historians have seized the moment that the collapse of Communism offered them--to tell the "first authentic" history of the 1956 Revolution as experienced by its participants. A largely primary resource resulted from reliance on eyewitness and participant accounts as well as previously unavailable classified documents. The exceptions consist of the first chapter, written expressly for this English translation describing the post-war period that culminated in the Revolution, and an Afterward that ties everything together.