Book recs please: U.S. involvement in Hungarian Uprising
April 27, 2023 3:29 PM Subscribe
Looking especially for author who also captures early decisions during Truman Administration, involving Dean Acheson and the CIA.
Best answer: Failed Illusions: Moscow, Washington, Budapest, and the 1956 Hungarian Revolt
by Charles Gati
Review of the book and links to CIA histories here
The 1956 Hungarian Revolution: A History in Documents
A National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book
Edited by Malcolm Byrne (same GWU.edu site as the review above)
posted by snuffleupagus at 6:56 PM on April 27, 2023
by Charles Gati
Review of the book and links to CIA histories here
The 1956 Hungarian Revolution: A History in Documents
A National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book
Edited by Malcolm Byrne (same GWU.edu site as the review above)
posted by snuffleupagus at 6:56 PM on April 27, 2023
Response by poster: The green has done it again. Thank you!
I anticipated the suggestion of Present at the Creation (and have read it). Cynic that I am, however, I don't trust Acheson to write objectively on this subject any more than I would trust the Dulles brothers to write objectively about the CIA.
posted by John Borrowman at 9:33 AM on April 28, 2023
I anticipated the suggestion of Present at the Creation (and have read it). Cynic that I am, however, I don't trust Acheson to write objectively on this subject any more than I would trust the Dulles brothers to write objectively about the CIA.
posted by John Borrowman at 9:33 AM on April 28, 2023
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Edited to add: memoir covers 1941-1953; "With deft portraits of many world figures, Dean Acheson analyzes the processes of policy making, the necessity for decision, and the role of power and initiative in matters of state."
posted by Iris Gambol at 4:28 PM on April 27, 2023