One Day That Shook the Communist World

"A brilliant synthesis of the events of 1956 and their background written in Lendvai's smooth, intelligent, and witty style, with the same elegant translation known to readers from his highly successful book, "The Hungarians," Lendvai has a remarkable facility for unmasking the many lies told during the past half century by the Soviet and Hungarian Communists, as well as legends perpetrated by Hungarian nationalists."--Istvan Deak, coeditor of "The Politics of Retribution in Europe"Lendvai, Paul is the author of 'One Day That Shook the Communist World', published 2008 under ISBN 9780691132822 and ISBN 0691132828.