Imre Nagy, Martyr of the Nation
Contested History, Legitimacy, and Popular Memory in Hungary- Authors:
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- 2008
Summary
Imre Nagy is a compelling figure both in life and in death_one whose actions stimulated consequences in Hungary that continue into the present. Providing a summary review of Hungarian Cold War history, Benziger examines the ways in which the memory of the martyred prime minister and the story of the 1956 Revolution influenced political socialization in Hungary. The book begins with Nagy's 1989 funeral and the role memorialization played in the politics of transition, continuing with a review of the important personages and events that informed Nagy's life and afterlife, and it concludes in the tumultuous politics following the establishment of the Republic in 1989. Readers interested in Central and Eastern Europe will find this book useful as it expands the literature on history and memory, and transition politics in the region.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2008
- ISBN-Print
- 978-0-7391-2330-0
- ISBN-Online
- 978-0-7391-4627-9
- Publisher
- Lexington, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 208
- Product type
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Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- Chapter 1. Introduction No access Pages 1 - 16
- Chapter 2. The Funderal of Imre Nagy: The Meaning of 1956 in 1989 No access Pages 17 - 32
- Chapter 3. An Unlikely Hero No access Pages 33 - 58
- Chapter 4. Imre Nagy and the Revolution of 1956: A Fatal Gamble No access Pages 59 - 80
- Chapter 5. Reaction, Compromise, Tentative Legitimacy No access Pages 81 - 98
- Chapter 6. The Demand for Memorial No access Pages 99 - 114
- Chapter 7. The Imre Nagy Bill and the Politics of Memory No access Pages 115 - 132
- Chapter 8. Imre Nagy, Textbooks, and the Next Generation No access Pages 133 - 150
- Chapter 9. Epilogue: Restless Heroes and the Continued Debate over History and Memory No access Pages 151 - 172
- Appendix A No access Pages 173 - 174
- Appendix B No access Pages 175 - 176
- Appendix C No access Pages 177 - 178
- Bibliography No access Pages 179 - 194
- Index No access Pages 195 - 200
- About the Author No access Pages 201 - 202
- Photospread No access Pages 203 - 208





