Hungary in the Cold War, 1945-1956

Between the United States and the Soviet Union

László Borhi (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

370 Seiten

2023
Central European University Press (Verlag)
978-963-386-140-0 (ISBN)

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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 Hungary's unconditional loyalty to Soviet imperial needs. Unlike the GDR, Eastern Europe was never considered a bargaining chip for bettering relations with the West. The book analyzes why, given all its idealism and power, the US failed even in its minimal aims concerning the states of Eastern Europe. Eventually both powers pursued power politics: the Soviets in a naked form, the US subtly, but both with little regard for the fate of Hungarians.

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.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	06.01.2023
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	963-386-140-3 / 9633861403
ISBN-13	978-963-386-140-0 / 9789633861400
Zustand	Neuware