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Author	Hall, Simon, 1976-
Title	1956 : the world in revolt / Simon Hall.
Publication Info.	New York : Pegasus Books, 2016.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 1	909.82 H	IN LIBRARY

Edition	First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Description	xiv, 509 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographic references (pages vi, 401-496) and index.
Contents	Winter: cracks in the old order -- Montgomery -- Mollet's surrender -- The secret speech -- Massive resistance -- Spring: a yearning for freedom -- The long walk -- Retreat from empire -- The Palestro massacre -- Part of a great struggle all over the world -- Summer: a spirit of rebellion -- Bread and freedom -- The Petőfi Circle -- Angry young men -- A coup de main -- The women's march -- Mob rule -- Autumn: revolution and reaction -- Collusion at Sèvres -- Polish October -- Uprising -- Suez -- Operation Whirlwind -- Sierra Maestra -- Freedom on the trial -- Aftermath.
Subject	Civil rights -- History.
	Human rights -- History.
	Nineteen fifty-six, A.D.
	History, Modern -- 20th century.
	Counterculture -- History -- 20th century.
Added Title	Nineteen fifty-six : the world in revolt
	World in revolt
ISBN	1681772051
	9781681772059

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