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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Longo, Matthew, author.     Subjects     Cold War.     Nineteen eighty-nine, A.D.     Communism -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.     Communism -- Social aspects -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.     Political culture -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.     Political persecution -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.     Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.     Europe, Eastern -- Relations -- Soviet Union.     Soviet Union -- Relations -- Europe, Eastern.     Hungary -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.     Europe, Eastern -- Social conditions -- 20th century.     Communist countries -- Politics and government.     Communist countries -- Social conditions.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Longo, Matthew, author.       by title:      The picnic : a dream...         MARC Display

The picnic : a dream of freedom and the collapse of the Iron Curtain / Matthew Longo. by Longo, Matthew, author. New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2024] Subjects Cold War.   Nineteen eighty-nine, A.D.   Communism -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.   Communism -- Social aspects -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.   Political culture -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.   Political persecution -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.   Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.   Europe, Eastern -- Relations -- Soviet Union.   Soviet Union -- Relations -- Europe, Eastern.   Hungary -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.   Europe, Eastern -- Social conditions -- 20th century.   Communist countries -- Politics and government.   Communist countries -- Social conditions. ISBN:  9780393540772 (hardcover) : 0393540774 (hardcover) Description:  xvi, 304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  Prologue: Freedom's promise -- Part I: Just kids -- Part II: Europe's prison -- Part III: Breach! -- Part IV: The road to Berlin -- Part V: Democracy now -- Epilogue: Freedom's price. Requests:  0 Summary:  "In August 1989, a group of Hungarian activists organized a picnic on the border of Hungary and Austria. But this was not an ordinary picnic--it was located on the dangerous militarized frontier known as the Iron Curtain. Tacit permission from the highest state authorities could be revoked at any moment. On wisps of rumor, thousands of East German "vacationers" packed Hungarian campgrounds, awaiting an opportunity, fearing prison, surveilled by lurking Stasi agents. The Pan-European Picnic set the stage for the greatest border breach in Cold War history: hundreds crossed from the Communist East to the longed-for freedom of the West. Drawing on dozens of original interviews--including Hungarian activists and border guards, East German refugees, Stasi secret police, and the last Communist prime minister of Hungary--Matthew Longo tells a gripping and revelatory tale of the unraveling of the Iron Curtain and the birth of a new world order. Just a few months after the Picnic, the Berlin Wall fell, and the freedom for which the activists and refugees had abandoned their homes, risked imprisonment, sacrificed jobs, family, and friends, was suddenly available to everyone. But were they really free? And why, three decades since the Iron Curtain was torn down, have so many sought once again to build walls?"--Provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 335.43 Lo Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 335.43 Longo Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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