1956: Mao's China and the Hungarian Crisis
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In Mao Zedong's words, 1956 was a year of "big events," both at home and abroad. The "secret speech" delivered by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Twentieth Congress had, according to Mao, "opened the lid" on the repressiveness of the postwar Soviet-style regimes, thereby "making a mess" by inspiring a wave of de-Stalinization that culminated in the massive demonstrations in Poland and Hungary...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1933947705
ISBN13:9781933947709
Release Date:July 2013
Publisher:Cornell East Asia Series
Length:324 Pages
Weight:1.03 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.6" x 8.8"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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