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Hungary 1956: international relations

This catalogue was originally compiled to mark the fortieth anniversary of the Hungarian revolution of 1956. It is intended as a reference guide for research students of post-war Central and Eastern Europe, the Cold War and Hungarian history.

  • 1956: explozia: perceptii române, iugoslave si sovietice asupra evenimentelor din Polonia si Ungaria / editie întocmita de Corneliu Mihai Lungu, Mihai Retegan; postfata de Florin Constantiniu (Bucuresti: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, 1996). 466 p., 8 p. of plates, ill., ports. (Mica biblioteca de istorie contemporana) With introduction and conclusion in English
[YA.1996.a.23891] and [YA.1998.a.8178]
 
  • BECK, Marcel. Frei lebt, wer sterben kann …: eine Ansprache. [On the Hungarian revolution of October 1956 and the necessity for Switzerland to join NATO] (Winterthur, 1957) 34 p.
[08074.g.29]
 
  • BLAIVE, Muriel. Promarnená príležitost : Ceskoslovensko a rok 1956 (Praha: Prostor, 2001) 481 p., [24] p. of plates, ill.
[YF.2004.a.22457]
 
  • BORHI, László. A vasfüggöny mögött: Magyarország nagyhatalmi erőtérben, 1945-1968 (Budapest: Ister Kiadó, 2000) 235 p.
[YA.2002.a.875]
 
  • Britain and the Hungarian Social Democrats, 1945-1956: a collection of documents from the British Foreign Office / [compiled by] Eva Haraszti Taylor (Nottingham: Astra, 1996) xii, 174 p.
[YC.1996.a.3225]
 
  • Canadian diplomacy and the Hungarian revolution, 1956-1957 : a documentary perspective / compiled by Greg Donaghy = La diplomatie canadienne pendant la révolution hongroise : un aperc¸u = A kanadai diplomácia az '56-os magyar forradalom idején : dokumentumgyujtemény ([Ottawa, Ont.]: Historical Section, Foreign Affairs Canada, 2004) xviii, 80 p. Introduction also in Hungarian and French.
[YF.2006.a.22975]
 
  • Documents. 1 … / Imre Nagy Institute for Political Research ([Brussels, 1959-])
[X.0702/4]
 
  • ENGLAND. Foreign Office. The Hungarian uprising: an abridgement of the Report of the United Nations Special Committee on the Problem of Hungary, published on June 20, 1957 (London, 1957). iv, 32 p.
[B.S.14/210]
 
  • The first war between socialist states: the Hungarian revolution of 1956 and its impact / Béla K. Király, Barbara Lotze and Nándor J. Dreisziger, editors ([New York]: Social Science Monographs, 1984). ix, 608 p., map (East European monographs, no. 152) (War and society in East Central Europe, v. 11) Bibliography: pp. 551-593
[X.809/64522]
 
  • FÜLÖP Mihály - SIPOS Péter. Magyarország külpolitikája a XX. században (Budapest: Aula Kiadó, 1998). 494 p., maps
    V. Az 1956-os magyar forradalom nemzetközi körülményei és a szovjet intervenció, pp. 369-433
[YA.2000.a.8698]
 
  • GUERRA, Adriano - TRENTIN, Bruno. Di Vittorio e l'ombra di Stalin: l'Ungheria, il PCI e l'autonomia del sindacato (Roma: Ediesse, 1997). 214 p.
[YA.2000.a.43071]
 
  • INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS. The Hungarian situation and the rule of law (The Hague, 1957). 144 p.
[08074.e.31]
 
  • INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS. The continuing challenge of the Hungarian situation to the rule of law: supplement to the report of the International Commission of Jurists (The Hague, 1957). 33 p.
[08074.e.31a]
 
  • INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS. Justice in Hungary today: third report of the International Commission of Jurists on the Hungarian situation and the rule of law, September 1, 1957 - January 31, 1958 (The Hague, 1958). 72 p.
[05551.k.36]
 
  • Iratok a magyar-jugoszláv kapcsolatok történetéhez: magyar-jugoszláv kapcsolatok, 1956: az állami és pártkapcsolatok rendezése, az októberi felkelés, a Nagy Imre csoport sorsa: dokumentumok / [az iratokat gyûjtötte, válogatta, szerkesztette és a bevezetõ tanulmányt írta Kiss József, Ripp Zoltán, Vida István] ([Budapest]: MTA Jelenkor-Kutató Bizottság, 1995). 348 p. (Iratok a magyar diplomácia történetéhez 1956-1989, B sorozat)
[YA.1998.b.3431]
 
  • JUHÁSZ Lajos - VIDA István. Norvég követjelentések Magyarországról, 1947-1958 (Budapest: MTA Történettudományi Intézete, 1993). 155 p. (Új Történelmi Tár, 7) Includes bibliographical references
    Reports of the Norwegian embassy
[YA.1997.a.19232]
 
  • KHRUSHCHEV, N. (Nikita). Vospominaniia: izbrannye otryvki / sostavitel' V. Chalidze (New York: Chalidze Publications, 1979). 303 p.
[X.708/49232]
 
  • KHRUSHCHEV, N. (Nikita). Vospominaniia: izbrannye otryvki / sostavitel´ V. Chalidze (New York: Chalidze Publications, 1982). 303 p. Reduced size
[YA.1987.a.2430]
 
  • KHRUSHCHEV, N. (Nikita). Khrushchev remembers / translated and edited by Strobe Talbott (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1977). 669 p., [8] p. of plates, ports. Includes index
[X.708/20925(1)]
 
  • KHRUSHCHEV, N. (Nikita). Khrushchev remembers: the glasnost tapes / foreword by Strobe Talbott; translated and edited by Jerrold L. Schechter with Viacheslav V. Luchkov (Boston, Mass. - London: Little, Brown, 1990). xvi, 219 p., [8] p. of plates; maps, ports. Includes index
[YC.1993.b.6995]
 
  • KIRKPATRICK, Evron Maurice. Year of crisis: communist propaganda activities in 1956 / edited by E. M. Kirkpatrick (New York: Macmillan Co., 1957). xix, 414 p., ill.
    Chapter IV. Communist propaganda problems in the East European bloc during 1956, pp. 44-67
    Chapter V. The Moscow-Peking propaganda axis during 1956, pp. 68-76
[8012.g.37]
 
  • KISSINGER, Henry A. Diplomacy (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994). 912 p., ill. Includes index
    Chapter 22. Hungary: upheaval in the empire, pp. 550-567
[YC.1996.b.452]
 
  • KISSINGER, Henry A. Diplomacy. [New ed.] (London: Simon & Schuster, 1995). 912 p., ill. Includes bibliographies and index
    Chapter 22. Hungary: upheaval in the empire, pp. 550-567
[YC.1995.b.6971]
 
  • KOVRIG, Bennett. The myth of liberation: East-central Europe in U.S. diplomacy and politics since 1941 (Baltimore-London: Johns Hopkins University Press, [1973]). xiii, 360 p. Includes bibliographical references (pp. 335-347)
    Chapter V. Hungary's challenge, pp. 173-222
[X.800/8101]
 
  • KUZNETSOV, Vasilii Vasil'evich. Documents on Hungary …: speeches by V.V. Kuznetsov, Deputy Foreign Minister and head of Soviet delegation to UNO at plenary meetings of the General Assembly, December 1956 (London: Soviet News, [1957]). 31 p. (Soviet News Booklet, no. 26)
[9316.aaa.1]
 
  • Magyar-jugoszláv kapcsolatok: 1956. december-1959. február: a magyar-jugoszláv kapcsolatok és a Nagy Imre-csoport sorsa: dokumentumok / [az iratokat gyûjtötte, válogatta, szerkesztette és a bevezetõ tanulmányt írta Kiss József, Ripp Zoltán, Vida István] (Budapest: MTA Jelenkor-kutató Bizottság, 1997). 497 p. (Iratok a magyar diplomácia történetéhez 1956-1989, B sorozat)
[YA.1998.b.3430]
 
  • MÉRAY Tibor. Thirteen days that shook the Kremlin … / translated by Howard L. Katzander (London: Thames & Hudson; printed in U.S.A., [1959]). vi, 290 p.
[9317.bb.6]
 
  • MICUNOVIC, Veljko. Moskovske godine 1956/1958 (Zagreb: Liber, 1977). 530 p. (Monografije-Biografije-Dokumenti, 6)
    Dogadaji u Madarskoj u jesen 1956. godine, pp. 149-165
    Burni novembar 1956. godine, pp. 167-181
[X.800/40802]
 
  • MICUNOVIC, Veljko. [Moskovske godine. English] Moscow diary / translated by David Floyd; with an introduction by George Kennan (London: Chatto and Windus, 1980). xxvii, 474 p. Includes index
    Chapter 10. Hungary in revolt: October 1956, pp. 123-142
    Chapter 11. November 1956: a month of troubles, pp. 143-159
    Chapter 32. The execution of Imre Nagy, pp. 394-406
[X.800/29259]
 
  • MICUNOVIC, Veljko. [Moskovske godine. Polish] Dziennik moskiewski - 1956 / przelozyl Antoni Zawada (Warszawa: Niezalezna Oficyna Wydawnicza, 1988). 166 p.
    Samizdat publication
    Rozdzial XI. Wydarzenia na Wegrzech, pp. 104-118
    Rozdzial XII. Burzliwy listopad, pp. 119-132
[Sol.246d]
 
  • NAGY, András. A Bang Jensen-ügy : '56 nyugati ellENSZélben (Budapest: Magvető, 2005). 399 p.
[YF.2006.a.14729]
 
  • NETHERLANDS. Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken. Hongarije en de Verenigde Naties, oktober 1956-maart 1957 ('s-Gravenhage, 1957). 154 p. (Publikaties van het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, no. 47)
[S.J.120/3]
 
  • He Oungarezike epanastase, 1956 / [keimeno tou Claude Lefort] ([Greece?: s.n., 1957?]). ix, 51 p. Originally published in: Socialisme ou barbarie
[YA.1998.a.4801]
 
  • RADVÁNYI János. Hungary and the superpowers: the 1956 revolution and realpolitics (Stanford, Ca.: Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, [1972]). xvii, 197 p. (Hoover Institution Publications, no. 111) Includes bibliographical references (pp. 177-188)
[X.800/7587] and [X.800/9594]
 
  • RAUCHENSTEINER, Manfried. Spätherbst 1956: die Neutralität auf dem Prüfstand (Wien: Österreichischer Bundesverlag, [1981]). 123 p., ill., chart, col. maps (Eine Veröffentlichung des Heeresgeschichtlichen Museums)
[X.809/53876]
 
  • Refusal of a compromise: document concerning the Indian attemps [sic] to mediate in Hungary, December 1956 (Berne, [1959]). 12 p. (Schriftenreihe der Osteuropa Bibliothek. Reihe Dokumente, Heft 3)
[X.709/6546]
 
  • REID, Escolt. Hungary and Suez, 1956 (Oakville, Ont.: Mosaic, 1986). 163 p.
[YA.1989.b.4648]
 
  • REINHARD, Marguerite. Die Ungarnhilfe des Schweizerischen Roten Kreuzes / bearbeitet und redigiert von M. Reinhard (Zürich, 1958). 87 p. (Neujahrsblatt der Hülfsgesellschaft in Zürich auf das Jahr 1958, no. 158)
[9317.b.1]
 
  • Report of the Lord Mayor of London's National Hungarian & Central European Relief Fund, Nov. 1956 - Sept. 1958 ([London, 1959]). 83 p.
[8299.b.37]
 
  • Rewolucja wegierska 1956 w polskich dokumentach / opracowal János Tischler (Warszawa: Instytut Studiów Politycznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 1995). 205 p. (Dokumenty do dziejów PRL, zeszyt 8) Summary and table of contents also in English and Hungarian
[YA.1997.b.685]
 
  • [Rewolucja wegierska 1956 w polskich dokumentach. Hungarian] Az 1956-os magyar forradalom lengyel dokumentumai / összeállította, fordította és a bevezetõ tanulmányt írta Tischler János ([Budapest]: 1956-os Intézet - Windsor Kiadó, 1996). 248 p.
[YA.2000.a.9001]
 
  • RIPP Zoltán. Belgrád és Moszkva között: a jugoszláv kapcsolat és a Nagy Imre-kérdés (1956. november - 1957. február) ([Budapest]: Politikatörténeti Alapítvány, 1994). 95 p. (Politikatörténeti Füzetek, 5)
[YA.1996.a.19023]
 
  • Satelliten nach Stalins Tod: der "Neue Kurs", 17. Juni 1953 in der DDR, ungarische Revolution 1956 / herausgegeben von András B. Hegedûs und Manfred Wilke (Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2000). 316 p. (Studien des Forschungsverbundes SED-Staat an der Freien Universität Berlin)
[YA.2001.a.24646]
 
  • Sobytiia v Vengrii: vyderzhki iz doklada Komiteta po rassledovaniiu vengerskikh sobytii, predstavlennogo Organizatsii obedinennykh natsii ([Miunkhen?: b.i., 1957?]). 24 p.
[YA.1999.a.1457]
 
  • SOÓS Katalin. 1956 és Ausztria (Szeged: József Attila Tudományegyetem Bölcsészettudományi Kara, 1999). 147 p.
[YA.2000.a.40949]
 
  • Sovetskii Soiuz i vengerskii krizis 1956 goda: dokumenty / [redaktory-sostaviteli: E.D. Orekhova, V.T. Sereda, A.S. Stykalin] (Moskva: ROSSPEN, 1998). 863 p.
[YA.1998.a.9533]
 
  • Soviet casualties and combat losses in the twentieth century / G.F. Krivosheev ... [et al.]; general editor: G.F. Krivosheev; foreword by John Erickson (London: Greenhill Books, 1997). xiv, 290 p., ill. Translated from Russian
[YC.1998.b.4131]
 
  • [Szovjet katonai intervenció, 1956. English] Soviet military intervention in Hungary, 1956 / edited by Jenő Györkei and Miklós Horváth ; with a study by Alexandr M. Kirov and memoirs of Yevgeny I. Malashenko ; [translated by Emma Roper Evans ; maps by Béla Nagy] (Budapest: Central European University Press, 1999). xv, 318 p. : ill. Translated from Hungarian
[YD.2004.a.2403]
 
  • Szovjet nagyköveti iratok Magyarországról, 1953-1956 : Kiszeljov és Andropov titkos jelentései / összeállította és a bevezető tanulmányt készítette Baráth Magdolna (Budapest: Napvilág Kiadó, c2002). 376 p.
[YA.2003.a.14434]
 
  • TISCHLER János. "Hogy megcsendüljön minden gyáva fül" : Lengyelország és Magyarország a két nemzet sorsfordító történelmi eseményeinek idején, 1956-ban és 1980-81-ben (Pécs: Jelenkor Kiadó ; Budapest: 1956-os Intézet, 2003). 260, [3] p., [8] leaves of plates : ill.
[YF.2004.a.19345]
 
  • Titkos jelentések, 1956. okt. 23. - nov. 4. / [a dokumentumokat válogatta Geréb Sándor; fordította Zala Tamás; olvasószerkesztõ Koncz István] ([Budapest]: Hírlapkiadó Vállalat, 1989). 152 p. (Tabu)
[YA.2002.a.21718]
 
  • UNITED NATIONS. Department of Public Information. The problem of Hungary: a summary of the report of the General Assembly's Special Committee (New York, 1957). 14 p.
[U.N.A.500/62]
 
  • UNITED NATIONS. General Assembly. Special Committee on the Problem of Hungary. A/AC. 88/1 [etc.]: [documents of the Special Committee on the Problem of Hungary] ([New York], 1957-)
[U.N.A.32/90]
 
  • UNITED NATIONS. General Assembly. Special Committee on the Problem of Hungary. Anatomy of revolution: a condensation of the United Nations report on the Hungarian uprising / [condensation by Marshall Andrews] (Washington: Public Affairs Press, [1957]). 65 p. Originally appeared in the Washington Post and Times Herald.
[YA.1998.a.4362]
 
  • UNITED NATIONS. General Assembly. Special Committee on the Problem of Hungary. Report of the Special Committee on the Problem of Hungary (New York, 1957). viii, 148 p., map (General Assembly. Official Records. Eleventh Session, Supplement n. 18)
[U.N.A.32/226]
 
  • UNITED NATIONS. Subordinate Organisations. General Assembly. Documents on Hungary: speeches at UNO with appendix (London: Soviet News, [1956]). 71 p. (Soviet News Booklet, no. 24)
[08074.c.25]
 
  • UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Departments of State and Public Institutions. United States Information Service. Hungary … American statements and actions. October and November, 1956 (London, [1957]). 48 p.
[A.S.975/24]
 
  • Vojenska a dalsi opatreni Ceskoslovenska v dobe povstani v Madarsku na podzim 1956: sbornik vybranych dokumentu / [k vydani pripravili Jiri Bilek ... et al.] (Praha: Historicky ustav Armady Ceske republiky, 1993). 2 v. Summary in English, German and Russian
[YA.2000.a.36569]
 
  • VONÈCHE CARDIA, Isabelle. [Octobre hongrois. Hungarian] Magyar október vörös zászló és vörös kereszt között : a Nemzetközi Vöröskereszt Magyarországon 1956-ban / [fordította Csejdy László] (Budapest: socio-typo, 1998). 229 p., ill. Translated from French
[YA.2002.a.893]
 
  • WORLD FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS. Delegation to Hungary. Report on Hungary by the Delegation of the World Federation of Trade Unions (London: W.F.T.U. Publications, [1957]). 55 p.
[09315.l.31]

 

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