The picnic : a dream of freedom and the collapse of the Iron Curtain
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New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2024].
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Central Library - New Nonfiction - New Books
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947.084 L
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Cold War.
Communism -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.
Communism -- Social aspects -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.
Communist countries -- Politics and government.
Communist countries -- Social conditions.
Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
Europe, Eastern -- Relations -- Soviet Union.
Europe, Eastern -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Hungary -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
Nineteen eighty-nine, A.D.
Political culture -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.
Political persecution -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.
Soviet Union -- Relations -- Europe, Eastern.
Communism -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.
Communism -- Social aspects -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.
Communist countries -- Politics and government.
Communist countries -- Social conditions.
Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
Europe, Eastern -- Relations -- Soviet Union.
Europe, Eastern -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Hungary -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
Nineteen eighty-nine, A.D.
Political culture -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.
Political persecution -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.
Soviet Union -- Relations -- Europe, Eastern.
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Published
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2024].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xvi, 304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-293) and index.
Description
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 any moment. On wisps of rumor, thousands of East German “vacationers” packed Hungarian campgrounds, awaiting an opportunity, fearing prison, surveilled by lurking Stasi agents. The Pan-European Picnic set the stage for the greatest border breach in Cold War history: hundreds crossed from the Communist East to the longed-for freedom of the West.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Longo, M. (2024). The picnic: a dream of freedom and the collapse of the Iron Curtain (First edition.). W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Longo, Matthew. 2024. The Picnic: A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain. W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Longo, Matthew. The Picnic: A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain W.W. Norton & Company, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Longo, Matthew. The Picnic: A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain First edition., W.W. Norton & Company, 2024.
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