The Former People

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Lulu.com, 2005 - Fiction - 261 pages
This spellbinding tale of friendship and enmity, of loyalty and betrayal, of pride and humility, that unites and divides a group of remarkable individuals, who are involved in the Hungarian Revolution and its aftermath. Exiles and emigres, ex-diplomats and Intelligence agents, former prizewinning writers, Party hacks -- all these former people struggling to resume their former more exalted positions, or giving up the pride of place they once enjoyed. Rothberg gives penetrating insights into how international policies are arrived at, how revolutions are won and lost, how the people who make the policies and fight the revolutions fare, and who pays the prices for their failures. In doing so, The Former People also makes clearer the mystery of how the Soviet Empire would, in the not-too-distant future, fall apart.

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Contents

Section 1
1
Section 2
24
Section 3
42
Section 4
59
Section 5
78
Section 6
92
Section 7
104
Section 8
122
Section 11
168
Section 12
177
Section 13
192
Section 14
203
Section 15
213
Section 16
221
Section 17
251
Section 18
263

Section 9
134
Section 10
144

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