http://tomgpalmer.com/2006/11/18/the-story-of-the-hungarian-uprising-of-1956-retold/ Personal website and weblog of the libertarian thinker Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:18:49 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://tomgpalmer.com/2006/11/18/the-story-of-the-hungarian-uprising-of-1956-retold/comment-page-1/#comment-5678 Casey Bowman Sun, 19 Nov 2006 04:43:33 +0000 http://tomgpalmer.com/?p=1608#comment-5678 I noticed a new book in the stores yesterday, Twelve Days: The Story of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution by Victor Sebestyen. Looks interesting. I noticed a new book in the stores yesterday, Twelve Days: The Story of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution by Victor Sebestyen. Looks interesting.

]]> http://tomgpalmer.com/2006/11/18/the-story-of-the-hungarian-uprising-of-1956-retold/comment-page-1/#comment-5677 Tom G. Palmer Sun, 19 Nov 2006 00:18:16 +0000 http://tomgpalmer.com/?p=1608#comment-5677 I recall visiting Greek islands on which tour guides showed me the cliffs where the communists threw people over to their deaths. Thank God they were defeated. Greece had a rocky history after that, but it was far, far better than what the people behind the Iron Curtain suffered. I recall visiting Greek islands on which tour guides showed me the cliffs where the communists threw people over to their deaths. Thank God they were defeated. Greece had a rocky history after that, but it was far, far better than what the people behind the Iron Curtain suffered.

]]> http://tomgpalmer.com/2006/11/18/the-story-of-the-hungarian-uprising-of-1956-retold/comment-page-1/#comment-5676 George Sat, 18 Nov 2006 21:37:27 +0000 http://tomgpalmer.com/?p=1608#comment-5676 Perhaps the first European population to taste victory against communism were the Greeks. The civil war, caused by an attemp to turn Greece communist after WW II resulted in a free Greece. At one point, only two square blocks of Athens were under government control. With the aid of the British, Greece was able to avoid being swept behind the iron curtain, and remained a part of western Europe. Perhaps the first European population to taste victory against communism were the Greeks. The civil war, caused by an attemp to turn Greece communist after WW II resulted in a free Greece. At one point, only two square blocks of Athens were under government control. With the aid of the British, Greece was able to avoid being swept behind the iron curtain, and remained a part of western Europe.

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