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http://journals.lib.uni-corvinus.hu/index.php/cojourn/article/view/71 |
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The Multilateralisation of Soviet Bloc Security: The Hungarian Revolution from an Eastern European Perspective
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| Létrehozó: |
Crump, Laurien
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Institute of International Studies, Corvinus University of Budapest
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2017-12-17
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| Tartalmi leírás: |
The Hungarian Revolution is often analysed in a national context or from the angle of Hungarian-Soviet relations. From this perspective, the Eastern European satellites seem mere puppets and the Soviet bloc a monolith. Archival evidence nevertheless shows that the Kremlin actually attempted to build a new kind of international relations after Stalin’s death in 1953, in which the Eastern European leaders would gain more scope for manoeuvre. This attempt at liberalisation even facilitated the uprisings in Hungary in 1956. Avoiding a teleological approach to the Hungarian Revolution, this article argues that the Soviet invasion was neither inevitable, nor wholly unilateral. Khrushchev even sought to legitimise the invasion in bilateral and multilateral consultations. There was a mutual interest in sacrificing Hungary’s sovereignty to safeguard the communist monopoly on power. This multilateralisation of Soviet bloc security is an important explanatory factor in an analysis of the Revolution and its repercussions in Eastern Europe.
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angol
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
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application/pdf
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| Azonosító: |
10.14267/cojourn.2016v1n3a2
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Corvinus Journal of International Affairs; Vol 1, No 3 (2016): The International Context of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956
2498-5570
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Copyright (c) 2017 Laurien Crump
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