Could the Hungarian Revolution Have Succeeded in 1956? Myths, Legends, and Illusions

From: The 1956 Hungarian Revolution

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Whether it could have been otherwise is the most frequent and poignant question for contemporaries and posterity alike when a revolution or an uprising has failed. Was defeat inevitable, or might there have been a chance of success if external and internal circumstances had been luckier? The failure of the most recent revolution in Hungary, in 1956, causes critics to pose such questions, to which Hungarian society has failed to find reassuring answers. Popular verdicts and scholarly interpretations of the viability of the revolution contain both rational elements and emotional and moral approaches; the latter have assisted at the birth of many historical myths and legends in recent decades.

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