1st Edition
Hungary in the Cold War, 1945-1956 Between the United States and the Soviet Union
By László Borhi
Copyright 2004
372 Pages
by
Central European University Press
372 Pages
by
Central European University Press
Based on new archival evidence, examines Soviet Empire building in Hungary and the American response to it. Hungary was not important enough to resist the Soviets, its democratic opposition failed to win American sympathy, the US simply had no leverage over the Soviets, who sacrificed cooperation with the West for a closed sphere in Eastern Europe. The imposition of a Stalinist regime assured... Read more
Acknowledgements, Introduction, CHAPTER I We Do Not Wish to Move a Finger, CHAPTER II The Myth of Democracy, CHAPTER III The Communists Take Over, CHAPTER IV The Merchants of the Kremlin, CHAPTER V Empire by Coercion, CHAPTER VI Containment, Rollback, Liberation or Inaction?, Conclusion, Bibliography, Index
Biography
László Borhi is the Peter A. Kadas Chair and associate professor in the Department of Central Eurasian Studies at the IU Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies.
