Book contents
- Before the Uprising
- Before the Uprising
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Political System
- 2 Social and Economic Transformation
- 3 Terror
- 4 Communists Killing One Another
- 5 Education and Culture
- 6 Hungary and the Death of Stalin
- 7 The New Course
- 8 Counter-reforms
- 9 The Twentieth Party Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- 10 The Summer of 1956
- 11 Revolution in the Air
- 12 Twelve Days of Freedom
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 August 2022
Book contents
- Before the Uprising
- Before the Uprising
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Political System
- 2 Social and Economic Transformation
- 3 Terror
- 4 Communists Killing One Another
- 5 Education and Culture
- 6 Hungary and the Death of Stalin
- 7 The New Course
- 8 Counter-reforms
- 9 The Twentieth Party Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- 10 The Summer of 1956
- 11 Revolution in the Air
- 12 Twelve Days of Freedom
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The years from 1949 to 1953 were among the gloomiest in modern Hungarian history. The population experienced bloody and blind terror, a declining standard of living and an impoverished intellectual life. After the death of Stalin in March 1953 the situation improved somewhat and the disintegration of the regime, which led to the great revolution of 1956, began. The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze the functioning and then disintegration of a totalitarian political entity.
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- Before the UprisingHungary under Communism, 1949–1956, pp. 1 - 11Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022