The Lawful Revolution

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THE LAWFUL REVOLUTION
Louis Kossuth and the Hungarians
1848-1849
ISTVAN DSAK
"The revolution of 1848 is Hungary's most celebrated historic event" writes Istvan Deak. "Generations of Hungarians have lived in the aura of that unforgettable year. It unites the people as much as it divides them. It is the source of national pride but also of self-doubt and questioning."
The principal actor of the drama was Louis Kossuth, and the story of the revolution is here told in terms of his towering personality. In him, Deak says, Hungarians recognize their spokesman and their hero but also the symbol of much that they see as calamitous in the national character: excessive pride, a penchant for theatrical gestures, naivete, and easy enthusiasm.
In The Lawful Revolution the author recreates the events of Hungary's fateful rebellion, the longest and bloodiest conflict of Europe's great revolutionary era. He analyzes Kossuth's spectacular rise from an impoverished journalist to the... Tovább

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THE LAWFUL REVOLUTION
Louis Kossuth and the Hungarians
1848-1849
ISTVAN DSAK
"The revolution of 1848 is Hungary's most celebrated historic event" writes Istvan Deak. "Generations of Hungarians have lived in the aura of that unforgettable year. It unites the people as much as it divides them. It is the source of national pride but also of self-doubt and questioning."
The principal actor of the drama was Louis Kossuth, and the story of the revolution is here told in terms of his towering personality. In him, Deak says, Hungarians recognize their spokesman and their hero but also the symbol of much that they see as calamitous in the national character: excessive pride, a penchant for theatrical gestures, naivete, and easy enthusiasm.
In The Lawful Revolution the author recreates the events of Hungary's fateful rebellion, the longest and bloodiest conflict of Europe's great revolutionary era. He analyzes Kossuth's spectacular rise from an impoverished journalist to the undisputed leader of his country and the phases of the Hungarians' struggle to shed their feudal institutions and to achieve status as a modern society.
The opening chapter describes Kossuth's early career and the condition of his country on the eve of the revolution. The author then traces the course of events in Hungary from the bloodless "glorious revolution" of March 1848 to civil war and to a disastrous conflict with Austria and Russia. Using many previously untapped sources, Deak shows what political alternatives Kossuth and his major rivals,
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