Every historical event has its cause and effect, its internal logic, and of course, the compromise and game between the two sides of the event. The in-depth analysis of historical events will undoubtedly allow us to see these contents more clearly, understand the factors behind historical events more deeply, and of course have a deeper understanding of history, so as to truly realize the purpose of "taking history as a mirror".
After the Second World War, the world ushered in a rare period of peace, but behind what we think of as peace, there are actually countless hidden worries, the biggest one being the Cold War constructed by the two superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union. Therefore, peace is not all good, there is also an escalating arms race, and there are local crises that break out from time to time, and some crises have even almost risen to the level of all-out war, so during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, the voice of "World War III" has never been cut off.
So what crises broke out for a long time after World War II that almost triggered the "Third World War"? What are the stories behind these events that deserve our in-depth understanding? Many people must have heard of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and it was almost a real misfire, almost a real nuclear war in the world.
In fact, these historical events also need to be deeply understood by the young people of the present, feel the hard-won peace in our world today, and of course, be vigilant against the "conspiracy" everywhere in the world.
Therefore, Liang Zhi, a professor and doctor of history at East China Normal University, has edited such a set of "World History in Your Pocket", which is to help our children fully understand the crisis events that threaten the world again and again, understand their causes and consequences, and improve their relevant knowledge through the popularization of science by experts.
The first volume of this series takes us through the six crises that caused strong repercussions in the world after World War II, and allows you to explore how these crises were resolved peacefully through the continuous negotiation and mediation of the two sides.
In addition to the Cuban missile crisis mentioned earlier, these six crises include the Greek civil war, the Congo crisis, the Berlin crisis, the Pueblo crisis, and the Hungarian crisis that I am reading.
Ge Jun, Ph.D., associate professor and Ph.D. in the Department of History at East China Normal University, whose main research direction is the international history of the Cold War, and he wrote such a small book for us on the Hungarian pressure crisis, "Autumn in Budapest: The Beginning and End of the Hungarian Incident in 1956", which allows us to understand the entire content of the Hungarian crisis through the author's concise but nuanced combing.
In this book, the author begins with the historical background of a country like Hungary, which has always survived in the cracks. After World War II, although it had become an independent country, it was still a satellite country under the influence of the Soviet Union, which of course made the citizens of such a country have the desire to change the status quo, so the Hungarian crisis broke out in 1956.
In the midst of these ten days of crisis, the first thing started with the student march. On October 23, 1956, the Hungarian march finally turned violent, the march took control of the radio station, and the Soviet army intervened decisively and began to intervene with arms, turning a march into a crisis, which heated up and worsened, and became a serious bloodshed.
The crisis ended with the deaths of more than 3,000 Hungarians and 720 Soviet soldiers under two Soviet military interventions, but it still had far-reaching repercussions and became a major crisis event in the history of the world.
In this book, the author not only gives us a detailed overview of the details of such an event, but also analyzes the impact of such an event on the development of the world, which makes this book an important material for us to understand world history, and allows us to start a comprehensive understanding of world history and the laws of world development through a short reading. #世界##世界危机##匈牙利事件#