Twelve Days: Revolution 1956. How the Hungarians tried to topple their Soviet masters.First Printing. Signed by Author

Sebestyen, Victor

ISBN 10: 0297847317 / ISBN 13: 9780297847311

Published by London. Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 2006

About this Item

London. Weidenfeld and Nicholson. 2006. First Edition/First Printing (1 in number line on copyright page) Hard Cover. Black matt boards with red spine titles. Book condition is as new. Wrap around pictorial dust wrapper which is unclipped and as new. Monochrome photographs in text block. The author has signed the title page to his editor (presumably of this book) On the fiftieth anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution, a defining moment in the Cold War, Victor Sebestyen, a journalist whose own family fled from Hungary, gives us a totally fresh account of that uprising, incorporating newly released official Hungarian and Soviet documents, his family s diaries, and eyewitness testimony. Tracing the events that led to the rebellion, Sebestyen tells the story of these twelve days with front-page immediacy. Fast-paced, vivid, and authoritative, Twelve Days adds immeasurably to our understanding of one of the most important battles of the Cold War.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Twelve Days: Revolution 1956. How the Hungarians tried to topple their Soviet masters.First Printing. Signed by Author
• Publisher: London. Weidenfeld and Nicholson
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0297847317
• ISBN 13: 9780297847311
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

The Hungarian Revolution in 1956 is a story of extraordinary bravery in a fight for freedom, and of ruthless cruelty in suppressing a popular dream. A small nation, its people armed with a few rifles and petrol bombs, had the will and courage to rise up against one of the world's superpowers. The determination of the Hungarians to resist the Russians astonished the West. People of all kinds, throughout the free world, became involved in the cause. For 12 days it looked, miraculously, as though the Soviets might be humbled. Then reality hit back. The Hungarians were brutally crushed. Their capital was devastated, thousands of people were killed and their country was occupied for a further three decades. The uprising was the defining moment of the Cold War: the USSR showed that it was determined to hold on to its European empire, but it would never do so without resistence. From the Prague Spring to Lech Walesa's Solidarity and the fall of the Berlin Wall, the tighter the grip of the communist bloc, the more irresistible the popular demand for freedom. In this new account Victor Sebestyen, who was brought out of Hungary as an infant, draws on fresh evidence from Moscow, Washington and Budapest, as well as interviews with participants, that brings new light on a story that will always be an inspiration to those who hate tyranny.

About the Author

Victor Sebestyen is the internationally acclaimed author of TWELVE DAYS (W&N, 2006), REVOLUTION 1989 (W&N, 2009), LENIN THE DICTATOR (W&N 2017) and BUDAPEST (W&N, 2022). He was born in Budapest. He was a child when his family left Hungary as refugees. As a journalist, he worked for numerous British newspapers, including the Evening Standard, Daily Mail and The Times. He reported widely from Eastern Europe when Communism collapsed and the Berlin Wall came down in 1989. He covered the wars in former Yugoslavia and the breakup of the Soviet Union. At the Evening Standard he was foreign editor, media editor and chief leader writer. He was an associate editor of Newsweek.