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The picnic : a dream of freedom and the collapse of the Iron Curtain / Matthew Longo.

"In August 1989, a group of Hungarian activists organized a picnic on the border of Hungary and Austria. But this was not an ordinary picnic--it was located on the dangerous militarized frontier known as the Iron Curtain. Tacit permission from the highest state authorities could be revoked at a...

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Main Author: Longo, Matthew (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2024]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Europe, Eastern > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
Europe, Eastern > Relations > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Relations > Europe, Eastern.
Cold War.
Hungary > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
Nineteen eighty-nine, A.D.
Europe, Eastern > Social conditions > 20th century.
Communist countries > Politics and government.
Communist countries > Social conditions.
Communism > Europe, Eastern > History > 20th century.
Communism > Social aspects > Europe, Eastern > History > 20th century.
Political culture > Europe, Eastern > History > 20th century.
Political persecution > Europe, Eastern > History > 20th century.
Europe de l'Est > Politique et gouvernement > 1945-1989.
Europe de l'Est > Relations > URSS.
Guerre froide.
Hongrie > Politique et gouvernement > 1945-1989.
Mil neuf cent quatre-vingt-neuf.
Europe de l'Est > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Pays socialistes > Conditions sociales.
Répression politique > Europe de l'Est > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY / Europe / Eastern.
Communism.
Communism > Social aspects.
Political culture.
Political persecution.
Politics and government.
Relations.
Social conditions.
Hungary.
Eastern Europe.
Communist countries.
Soviet Union.
1900-1999
interviews.
History.
Interviews.

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