03268nam 22007214a 450 991080625280332120200520144314.0978-615-5053-94-8978-6-15505-394-89786155053948615-5053-94-41-281-37663-997866113766351-4175-3726-410.1515/9786155053948(CKB)1000000000242590(OCoLC)56336121(CaPaEBR)ebrary10133538(SSID)ssj0000175279(PQKBManifestationID)11177173(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000175279(PQKBWorkID)10188442(PQKB)11269097(MiAaPQ)EBC3137207(MdBmJHUP)muse25972(Au-PeEL)EBL3137207(CaPaEBR)ebr10133538(CaONFJC)MIL137663(OCoLC)939263204(DE-B1597)633372(DE-B1597)9786155053948(dli)HEB08614(MiU)KOHA0000000000000000002811(EXLCZ)99100000000024259020040421d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrHungary in the Cold War, 1945-1956 between the United States and the Soviet Union /by Laszlo Borhi1st ed.Budapest ;New York Central European University Press20041 online resource (369 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph963-9241-80-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-346) and index.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?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.HungaryPolitics and government1945-1989HungaryForeign relationsUnited StatesHungaryForeign relationsSoviet UnionUnited StatesForeign relationsHungarySoviet UnionForeign relationsHungary943.905/2Borhi Laszlo692723MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910806252803321Hungary in the Cold War, 1945-19561246752UNINA