Imre Nagy was a lifelong communist who almost led Hungarians to freedomfrom communism. As Prime Minister in 1953, he planned to liberalize the economy and release political prisoners. In 1955, he was ...

One of the minor mysteries, in all the disorder of Hungary’s last days of freedom, was the killing of Milenko Milovnov, a Yugoslav embassy secretary, as he stood “looking out the window” of the ...

I WANT the world to know there can be no compromise.” So ran one of the last messages scribbled by Premier Imre Nagy in the bloody days of November 1956, when Soviet tanks were stamping out the last ...

Imre Nagy was a lifelong communist who almost led Hungarians to freedom — from communism. As Prime Minister in 1953, he planned to liberalize the economy and release political prisoners. In 1955, he ...

Hungary had had five brief days of freedom in October 1956 before the doublecross. Faced with the impressive force of the rebellion, Soviet Vice Premier Anastas Mikoyan had given a solemn pledge to ...

The way to get control of a country Matyas Rakosi once wrote, is to demand a little more each day, like cutting up a salami, thin slice after thin slice.” Rakosalami tactics made Hungary one of the ...

A reverential biography of murdered 1950s Hungarian prime minister Imre Nagy, "The Unburied Man" is too infused with a quiet yet passionate fury to be dismissed as hagiography but too obviously ...

Areverential biography of murdered 1950s Hungarian prime minister Imre Nagy, "The Unburied Man" is too infused with a quiet yet passionate fury to be dismissed as hagiography but too obviously ...