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Imre Nagy, martyr of the nation : contested history, legitimacy, and popular memory in Hungary /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Benziger, Karl P., 1956-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2008]
Subjects:
Nagy, Imre, > 1896-1958.
Nagy, Imre, > 1896-1958 > Death and burial.
Collective memory > Hungary.
Hungary > History > Revolution, 1956.
Hungary > Politics and government > 1989-
Memorialization > Hungary.
Table of Contents:
  • The funeral of Imre Nagy: the meaning of 1956 in 1989
  • An unlikely hero
  • Imre Nagy and the Revolution of 1956: a fatal gamble
  • Reaction, compromise, tentative legitimacy
  • The demand for memorial
  • The Imre Nagy Bill and the politics of memory
  • Imre Nagy, textbooks, and the next generation
  • Epilogue: Restless heroes and the continued debate over history and memory.