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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783578303321

Autore

Borhi László

Titolo

Hungary in the Cold War, 1945-1956 : between the United States and the Soviet Union / / László Borhi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Budapest, : Central European University Press, 2004

ISBN

978-615-5053-94-8

978-6-15505-394-8

9786155053948

615-5053-94-4

1-281-37663-9

9786611376635

1-4175-3726-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Disciplina

943.905/2

Soggetti

HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century

Hungary Politics and government 1945-1989

Hungary Foreign relations United States

Hungary Foreign relations Soviet Union

United States Foreign relations Hungary

Soviet Union Foreign relations Hungary

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-346) and index.

Nota di contenuto

We do not wish to move a finger -- The myth of democracy -- The communists take over -- The merchants of the Kremlin -- Empire by coercion -- Containment, rollback, liberation or inaction?

Sommario/riassunto

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.