A Testament of Revolution (Eastern European Studies): 13 - Softcover

Liptak, Bela

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1585446424 ISBN 13: 9781585446421

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Terse, staccato, like a dispatch from the front, Bela Liptak's ""A Testament of Revolution"" gives readers a vivid, firsthand look at the brief, doomed struggle of Hungarian freedom fighters against Russian oppressors. Written in 1956 in an Austrian refugee camp, where the author had fled to escape reprisals for his role in the rebellion, Liptak's memoir compellingly sketches the conflict between university students, factory workers, and Hungarian nationalists on the one side and the hated Hungarian secret police and Russian army troops on the other. In a memoir that is both history and a saga of his coming of age, Liptak relates his transformation from carefree university student to impromptu revolutionary leader. His story unfolds with unsparing honesty as he makes the reader privy to his conflicts, faults, and failures of judgment and courage, laying bare his struggles with the enemy and with himself.

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About the Author

BELA LIPTAK immigrated to the United States after the events detailed in this book. He holds a bachelor's degree from Stevens Institute of Technology and a master's from the City College of New York. He now makes his home in Stamford, Connecticut.

Edition details

• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1585446424
• ISBN 13: 9781585446421
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224