Bøger af Paul Lendvai

This is a comprehensive history of a legendarily proud and passionate but lonely people. Much of Europe once knew them as "child-devouring cannibals" and "bloodthirsty Huns". But it was not long before the Hungarians became steadfast defenders of Christendom.

From aristocratic and Nazi legacies to parliamentary parties and new populisms, a renowned journalist explores the forces that have shaped Austria's politics since 1945.

As populism threatens the survival of liberal democracy in Europe, it is a useful exercise to consider Orbán's ruthless crackdown on refugees and his open break with normative values

Zeitgeschichte aus den Augen eines GroßenPaul Lendvai kannte sie alle. Die Größen der internationalen Politik, die Ikonen der österreichischen Geschichte. Im Schatzkästchen seiner Erinnerungen liegen eine Reihe einzigartiger Begegnungen, die nur Paul Lendvai vor dem Hintergrund seiner eigenen bewegten und bewegenden Biografie so erleben konnte und die nur er so zu erzählen vermag. Die Schlaglichter, die er auf bekannte und berühmte Persönlichkeiten wirft, sind pointiert und humorvoll. Die Analysen internationaler politischen Entwicklungen sind so klar und messerscharf, wie Lendvais Publikum sie seit eh und je kennt und schätzt. In „Vielgeprüftes Österreich" zieht Paul Lendvai direkte gedankliche Linien von der Zeitgeschichte ins Hier und Heute. Warum die gegenwärtigen österreichischen Verhältnisse so sind, wie sie sind, macht Lendvais neues Buch unmissverständlich klar.

A convincing indictment of the most powerful political figure in the eastern EU ... This is gloves-off political writing at its best.' -- The Financial Times on Hungary (2012)

Tells the story of how the Hungarians, despite a string of catastrophes and their linguistic and cultural isolation, have survived as a nation-state. This book traces Hungarian politics, culture, economics, and emotions from the Magyars' dramatic entry into the Carpathian Basin in 896 to the brink of the post-Cold War era.

A personal report on postwar Austria's economic and social success story and on its turbulent political history.

On October 23, 1956, a popular uprising against Soviet rule swept through Hungary like a force of nature, only to be mercilessly crushed by Soviet tanks twelve days later. Only now, fifty years after those harrowing events, can the full story be told. This book is a powerful eyewitness account and a gripping history of the uprising in Hungary that heralded the future liberation of Eastern Europe. Paul Lendvai was a young journalist covering politics in Hungary when the uprising broke out. He knew the government officials and revolutionaries involved. He was on the front lines of the student protests and the bloody street fights and he saw the revolutionary government smashed by the Red Army. In this riveting, deeply personal, and often irreverent book, Lendvai weaves his own experiences with in-depth reportage to unravel the complex chain of events leading up to and including the uprising, its brutal suppression, and its far-reaching political repercussions in Hungary and neighboring Eastern Bloc countries. He draws upon exclusive interviews with Russian and former KGB officials, survivors of the Soviet backlash, and relatives of those executed. He reveals new evidence from closed tribunals and documents kept secret in Soviet and Hungarian archives. Lendvai's breathtaking narrative shows how the uprising, while tragic, delivered a stunning blow to Communism that helped to ultimately bring about its demise. One Day That Shook the Communist World is the best account of these unprecedented events.