The Hungarian revolution of 1956

Titel: The Hungarian revolution of 1956 : myths and realities / László Eörsi
Verfasser:
Veröffentlicht: Boulder, Colo. ˜[u.a.]: œSocial Science Monographs ˜[u.a.]œ, 2006
Umfang: XI, 207 S. : Ill., Kt.
Format: Buch
Sprache: Englisch; Ungarisch
Schriftenreihe/
mehrbändiges Werk:
East European monographs ; 693
CHSP Hungarian studies series ; 11
Schlagworte:
ISBN: 0880335912
Lokale Klassifikation: 54 7 Od ; 54 7 O ; 54 7 Ra ; 54 7 Mk
  • Foreword
  • p. ix
  • The Siege of Budapest, 1956
  • p. 1
  • The Weakening of Communist Power: The Antecedents of the Revolution
  • p. 3
  • The Outbreak of the Revolution
  • p. 6
  • The Soviet Armed Forces in Hungary
  • p. 8
  • The Formation of Insurgent Groups
  • p. 10
  • Insurgents during the Ceasefire
  • p. 11
  • Armed Resistance after November 4
  • p. 13
  • The Principal Fighting Units
  • p. 14
  • The Insurgents at the Corvin Passage
  • p. 14
  • The Insurgents in the Ninth District
  • p. 16
  • The Insurgents in the Seventh District
  • p. 18
  • The Insurgents at Szena Square
  • p. 20
  • The Insurgents at Csepel
  • p. 21
  • The Insurgents at Pesterzsebet
  • p. 22
  • Epilogue
  • p. 23
  • Notes
  • p. 23
  • Jozsef Dudas as Revolutionary
  • p. 31
  • Political Background
  • p. 33
  • The Formation of the Hungarian National Revolutionary Committee and the Twenty-Five-Point Program
  • p. 35
  • Taking over the Offices of the Szabad Nep
  • p. 38
  • The Fuggetlenseg
  • p. 39
  • Dudas and the Revolutionary Committee of Intellectuals
  • p. 40
  • Talks with Imre Nagy
  • p. 42
  • Hungarian Independence
  • p. 47
  • The Armed Group in the Building of the Szabad Nep
  • p. 51
  • At the Conference of the Revolutionary Military Committee
  • p. 54
  • The Predicament of the Hungarian Revolutionary National Committee
  • p. 56
  • Foreign Journalists Call on Dudas
  • p. 58
  • Incident at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • p. 60
  • Running the Gauntlet on November 3
  • p. 62
  • Soviet Intervention
  • p. 65
  • Dudas under Arrest
  • p. 66
  • Captivity, Trial, Death
  • p. 70
  • Dudas Legends, and His Afterlife
  • p. 73
  • Notes
  • p. 79
  • Ilona Toth
  • p. 97
  • Political Resistance at the Hospital on Sandor Peterfy Street
  • p. 99
  • The Death of Istvan Kollar
  • p. 102
  • Ilona Toth and Fellow Defendants
  • p. 108
  • The Birth of Legends
  • p. 118
  • Factors that Cannot Be Reconstructed
  • p. 121
  • The Proofs
  • p. 126
  • The "Civic National Forces" and the Cult of Ilona Toth
  • p. 132
  • Notes
  • p. 133
  • Peter Mansfeld
  • p. 143
  • Childhood
  • p. 145
  • The "Gang of Terrorists"
  • p. 147
  • In Jail, under Investigation
  • p. 152
  • Jozsef Blaski and Company
  • p. 156
  • The "Civic National Forces" and the Cult of Mansfeld
  • p. 163
  • Notes
  • p. 163
  • The "Bastya" Group
  • p. 169
  • Political Resistance at the Central Military Hospital
  • p. 171
  • The Mysterious Liaison
  • p. 173
  • Without Central Command
  • p. 176
  • Collapse
  • p. 178
  • Notes
  • p. 179
  • Appendix
  • p. 185
  • Maps
  • p. 195
  • Index
  • p. 201
  • About the Author
  • p. 209
  • Books Published by CHSP
  • p. 210