Cambridge University Press
Before the Uprising: Hungary Under Communism, 1949-1956
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- Peter Kenez
- Cambridge University Press
- Paperback
- 9781009180436
- 9 X 6 X 0.61 inches
- 0.86 pounds
- History > Eastern Europe - General
- English
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The years of 1949-1956 could be described as the gloomiest in modern Hungarian history, as the country's population lived under vicious totalitarian leadership. Eventually, the regime began to disintegrate, leading to the 1956 Hungarian Revolution - a critical moment in the history of the Cold War. But why did this revolution occur in Hungary, rather than any other countries in the Soviet bloc? Before the Uprising examines the specific social, economic, political, and intellectual characteristics of a totalitarian country. Throughout the volume, Peter Kenez questions what the necessary components of totalitarianism are: whether it is a complete state control of the economy, a personality cult of the leader, or a specific type of propaganda organization. By describing the totalitarianism of the past, this volume show what we can learn for the present, and what to expect from the emerging autocracies of the future.
Before the Uprising: Hungary Under Communism, 1949-1956
Author Bio
Peter Kenez is professor emeritus at the Department of History University of California, Santa Cruz. Professor Kenez taught Russian and modern European history. The 2016 Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award, honoring emeriti professors in the University of California system was awarded to UC Santa Cruz professor emeritus of history Peter Kenez.
Research Interests
Russian history, Eastern Europe, 20th-century Europe, Soviet film
Education
Ph.D., Harvard University
Source: University of California Santa Cruz
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