The victors of the First World War created Hungary from the ruins of the Austro-Hungarian empire,but,in the centuries before,many called for its creation. Norman Stone traces the country's roots from the traditional representative councils of land-owning nobles to the Magyar nationalists of the nineteenth century and the first wars of independence.Hungary's history since 1918 has not been a happy one. Economic collapse and hyperinflation in the post-war years led to fascist dictatorships and then Nazi occupation. Optimism at the end of the Second World War ended when the Iron Curtain descended,and Soviet tanks crushed the last hopes for independence in 1956 along with the peaceful protests in Budapest. Even after the fall of the Berlin Wall,consistent economic growth has remained elusive.This is an extraordinary history - unique yet also representative of both the post-Soviet bloc and of nations forged from the fall of empires.
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Publisher: Profile Books LtdISBN: 9781788160513Number of pages: 288Weight: 260 gDimensions: 204 x 136 x 22 mmEdition: Main
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There is never a dull page...Stone's book shows a profound knowledge of Hungary and will become indispensable for travellersStunning...no one else writes history quite like he doesOne of the outstanding historians of our agePraise for Turkey: A Short History:Arresting...authoritative and measured...Stone's Turkey breaks the popular mould and introduces its readers to a place beyond their presumptionsA vivid,provocative,often funny,always insightful account of how modern Turkey came about
Norman Stone
Acerbic,prodigious and oftentimes controversial,historian Norman Stone was,for much of the late twentieth-century,one of the most recognisable public faces of British academia. His works include The Eastern Front,1914-1917,Hungary: A Short History as well as World War One: A Short History and World War Two: A Short History.
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