Victor Sebestyen

Broschiertes Buch

Twelve Days

Revolution 1956. How the Hungarians tried to topple their Soviet masters

Beschreibung

The defining moment of the Cold War: 'The beginning of the end of the Soviet empire.' (Richard Nixon)

Autor

Victor Sebestyen is the acclaimed author of TWELVE DAYS (W&N, 2006), REVOLUTION 1989 (W&N, 2009) and 1946 (Macmillan, 2014). He was born in Budapest. He was a child when his family left Hungary as refugees. As a journalist, he has 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 is an associate editor of NEWSWEEK.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Orion Publishing Co
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 310g
• ISBN-13: 9780753822142
• ISBN-10: 0753822148
• Artikelnr.: 23204030