László Borhi is the Peter A. Kadas Chair and associate professor in the Department of Central Eurasian Studies at the IU Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies.

"This monograph is a study of Hungary's political and economic history during the first decade of Soviet domination, which ended in the revolution of 23 October 1956. László Borhi perceives this era as bounded by acts of western perfidy... Borhi describes and analyzes this period expertly and his book is a valuable addition to Hungarian historiography."

• Acknowledgements Introduction CHAPTER I We Do Not Wish to Move a Finger CHAPTER II The Myth of Democracy CHAPTER III The Communists Take Over CHAPTER IV The Merchants of the Kremlin CHAPTER V Empire by Coercion CHAPTER VI Containment, Rollback, Liberation or Inaction? Conclusion Bibliography Index

László Borhi is the Peter A. Kadas Chair and associate professor in the Department of Central Eurasian Studies at the IU Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies.

"This monograph is a study of Hungary's political and economic history during the first decade of Soviet domination, which ended in the revolution of 23 October 1956. László Borhi perceives this era as bounded by acts of western perfidy... Borhi describes and analyzes this period expertly and his book is a valuable addition to Hungarian historiography."

• Acknowledgements Introduction CHAPTER I We Do Not Wish to Move a Finger CHAPTER II The Myth of Democracy CHAPTER III The Communists Take Over CHAPTER IV The Merchants of the Kremlin CHAPTER V Empire by Coercion CHAPTER VI Containment, Rollback, Liberation or Inaction? Conclusion Bibliography Index