1956: The World In Revolt

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Popular uprisings in Poland and Hungary shake Moscow's hold on its eastern European empire. Across the American South, and in the Union of South Africa, black people risk their livelihoods, and their lives, in the struggle to dismantle institutionalised white supremacy and secure first-class citizenship. France and Britain, already battling anti-colonial insurgencies in Algeria and Cyprus, now face the humiliation of Suez. Meanwhile, in Cuba, Fidel Castro and his band of rebels take to the Sierra Maestra to plot the overthrow of a dictator... 1956 was one of the most remarkable years of the twentieth century. All across the globe, ordinary people spoke out, filled the streets and city squares, and took up arms in an attempt to win their freedom. In response to these unprecedented challenges to their authority, those in power fought back, in a desperate bid to shore up their position. It was an epic contest, and one which made 1956 - like 1789 and 1848 - a year that changed our world. > https://www.faber.co.uk/9780571312337-1956-the-world-in-revolt.html Landing Page......Page 2 Title Page......Page 3 Dedication......Page 4 CONTENTS......Page 5 PROLOGUE......Page 7 I WINTER: CRACKS IN THE OLD ORDER......Page 14 1: MONTGOMERY......Page 17 2: MOLLET’S SURRENDER......Page 39 3: THE SECRET SPEECH......Page 60 4: MASSIVE RESISTANCE......Page 80 II SPRING: A YEARNING FOR FREEDOM......Page 103 5: THE LONG WALK......Page 106 6: RETREAT FROM EMPIRE......Page 125 7: THE PALESTRO MASSACRE......Page 145 8: PART OF A GREAT STRUGGLE ALL OVER THE WORLD......Page 159 III SUMMER: A SPIRIT OF REBELLION......Page 174 9: BREAD AND FREEDOM......Page 177 10: THE PETŐFI CIRCLE......Page 197 11: ANGRY YOUNG MEN......Page 213 12: A COUP DE MAIN......Page 227 13: THE WOMEN’S MARCH......Page 243 14: MOB RULE......Page 255 IV AUTUMN: REVOLUTION AND REACTION......Page 271 15: COLLUSION AT SÈVRES......Page 274 16: POLISH OCTOBER......Page 289 17: UPRISING......Page 308 18: SUEZ......Page 336 19: OPERATION WHIRLWIND......Page 357 20: SIERRA MAESTRA......Page 378 21: FREEDOM ON TRIAL......Page 393 AFTERMATH......Page 403 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 423 SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 425 INDEX......Page 434 About the Author......Page 460 Copyright......Page 461