The First Domino: International Decision Making During the Hungarian Crisis of 1956 (Eastern European Studies, No. 26)
by Johanna C. Granville
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Author: Johanna C. GranvilleEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-12
ISBN: 1585442984
Number of pages: 344
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Book Reviews of The First Domino: International Decision Making During the Hungarian Crisis of 1956 (Eastern European Studies, No. 26)
Book Review: reviving the stinging memories of Hungary 1956
Summary: 5 Stars
For most presses, East European studies is a dying breed, consigned to the periphery by Europe's metamorphoses and other global challenges. However, Granville (history, Stanford Univ.) examines an event that retains stinging memories almost 50 years later--the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. The author explored archives accessible only after the Cold War, and had extraordinary cooperation from archivists in Moscow, Budapest, and elsewhere. Kadar, Nagy, Rakosi, Tito, Khrushchev, Eisenhower, Dulles, and other personalities, as well as arcane communist and democratic bureaucracies, are revealed through countless archival fragments. Granville is at her best telling the interwoven story of 1956. Ultimately, Granville's analysis leads to a no-fault conclusion, suggesting that misperceptions and misconceptions among all actors led to the disastrous outcome. Recommended for graduate students and above.-- D.N. Nelson, University of New Haven
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