LEADER 03268nam 22007214a 450 001 9910806252803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a978-615-5053-94-8 010 $a978-6-15505-394-8 010 $a9786155053948 010 $a615-5053-94-4 010 $a1-281-37663-9 010 $a9786611376635 010 $a1-4175-3726-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9786155053948 035 $a(CKB)1000000000242590 035 $a(OCoLC)56336121 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10133538 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000175279 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11177173 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000175279 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10188442 035 $a(PQKB)11269097 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3137207 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse25972 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3137207 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10133538 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL137663 035 $a(OCoLC)939263204 035 $a(DE-B1597)633372 035 $a(DE-B1597)9786155053948 035 $a(dli)HEB08614 035 $a(MiU)KOHA0000000000000000002811 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000242590 100 $a20040421d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHungary in the Cold War, 1945-1956 $ebetween the United States and the Soviet Union /$fby Laszlo Borhi 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBudapest ;$aNew York $cCentral European University Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (369 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 1 $a963-9241-80-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 335-346) and index. 327 $aWe 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? 330 $aBased 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. 607 $aHungary$xPolitics and government$y1945-1989 607 $aHungary$xForeign relations$zUnited States 607 $aHungary$xForeign relations$zSoviet Union 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zHungary 607 $aSoviet Union$xForeign relations$zHungary 676 $a943.905/2 700 $aBorhi$b Laszlo$0692723 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910806252803321 996 $aHungary in the Cold War, 1945-1956$91246752 997 $aUNINA