22. Hungarian Armed Forces during the Revolution

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. FOREWORD vii
3. AUTHOR’S PREFACE ix
4. CONTENTS xiii
5. 1. Summons to the Kremlin 1
6. 2. The Historical Setting: Expansionism and Satellitism 9
7. 3. The Communists Take Over 28
8. THE FIRST PHASE. Hotbed of Conflicts: The Stalinist Dictatorship 1949–1953
9. 4. Party and State 39
10. 5. Security Police: Purges and Terror 58
11. 6. The Army of a Satellite 70
12. 7. Economics in Stalinist Hungary 81
13. THE SECOND PHASE. Dual Leadership — Conflicting Policies 1953–1955
14. 8. The Gladiators Square Off 91
15. 9. Rivalry of Party and State 102
16. 10. The Third Party Congress and the People’s Patriotic Front 118
17. 11. Economic Problems of the New Course 129
18. 12. Political Prisoners — Liability and Peril 143
19. 13. About-face in Moscow: Nagy’s Fall 152
20. THE THIRD PHASE. Single Leadership — Divided Party 1955–1956
21. 14. Rákosi Sole Master — but with Strings Attached 173
22. 15. Imre Nagy: “Withdrawal” and “Return” 185
23. 16. The Eager Flock of an Unsuspecting Shepherd 200
24. 17. Effect Beyond Intent — Impact of the Twentieth Party Congress 211
25. 18. Rákosi’s Fall 221
26. THE FOURTH PHASE. The Revolution. 1956
27. 19. Rajk’s Body and Imre Nagy’s Return 243
28. 20. Yugoslavia Complies—Poland Rises—Hungary Revolts 258
29. 21. Party and Government during the Revolution 280
30. 22. Hungarian Armed Forces during the Revolution 306
31. 23. Revolutionaries and Revolutionary Institutions 319
32. 24. Foreign Factors: The Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, and Suez 341
33. 25. The Second Soviet Intervention — Kádár versus Nagy 358
34. THE FIFTH PHASE. Aftermath of a Revolution. 1957–1961
35. 26. Consolidation, Restoration, and Repression 383
36. 27. The New “New Party” and Its Government 400
37. 28. Means of Coercion and Control: Soviet and Domestic 427
38. 29. Synchronizing a Satellite 448
39. 30. International Implications of the Hungarian Situation 467
40. Nationalism versus Communism
41. 31. Nationalism versus Communism 493
42. Bibliography 515
43. Notes 521
44. Index 575