David A. J. Reynolds

Revising History in Communist Europe

Constructing Counter-Revolution in 1956 and 1968

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Both Hungary's 1956 uprising and the Prague Spring took place when regimes tentatively revised recent history. This process of remembering and forgetting shook the legitimacy, and shaped the actions, of communist party-states because their control of the past was central to their grasp of the present.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 542g
• ISBN-13: 9781785272080
• ISBN-10: 178527208X
• Artikelnr.: 58579156

Autorenporträt

David A. J. Reynolds is a writer, teacher and editor who has lived and taught in the Czech Republic, Hungary and the United States. He is a frequent contributor to the 'Hungarian Review' and 'The Technoskeptic'.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
The Export and Imposition of Stalinism
Hungarian De-Stalinization and Revising Recent History
A Revolution, a Counter-Revolution or a National Uprising?
Stalinist Purges and De-Stalinization in Czechoslovakia
The Meaning of 1956 in 1968: March to June
June: Turning Point and the Hardening of Positions
July and August: Constructing Counter-Revolution
The Intentions of Intervention and the Shadow of 1956
Conclusion
Epilogue
Appendix
Bibliography
Index.