1956: The world in revolt

Title: 1956: the world in revolt

Author: Simon Hall

Binding: Hardcover

EAN: 9789000338610

Condition: Good

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'Simon Hall has written a beautiful book and given a breathtaking year its deserved place in history.' - de Volkskrant

The year 1956 is a turning point in history. Uprisings in Poland and Hungary, the Suez Crisis, eruptions of anti-colonial nationalism in Africa and the Middle East... The uprisings, riots and crises that occurred worldwide in 1956 are not isolated events. They are all connected. The year 1956 marks the end of the post-war period and heralds the protest culture of the 1960s.


Martin Luther King summed up the year in a speech in December 1956: "The continuing unrest in Asia, the uprisings in Africa, the nationalistic yearnings in Egypt, the clash of arms in Hungary, the racial tensions in America—these are the birth pangs of a new era."


Simon Hall tells the story of the epic global struggle from the perspective of the freedom fighters, dissidents and countless ordinary people who overthrew oppressive and totalitarian regimes to create a new, better world, and looks at the long-term impact of all the events of that year.


The young English historian Simon Hall studied in Sheffield and Cambridge. He currently works at the University of Leeds and specializes in the history of America. He has several academic books to his name. 1956 arose from a long fascination with freedom movements and political protest.