The Bridge at Andau
The Compelling True Story of a Brave, Embattled People

Michener states at some point in this book, and I am paraphrasing, that the atrocities suffered by a nation are too much for one reader to digest, but the trials of one person are enough to break your heart and build true understanding. That explains why Michener, a historian of enormous breadth and......more

Being of Hungarian descent and having both parents escape from Communist Hungary after actively partaking in the 1956 Revolution, I was very interested to read this book. I found it accurately supporting much of what my parents have described to me about the events in Hungary in 1956. I applaud Mr M......more

I don't normally read non-fiction, and especially I avoid war non-fiction. But this book was so interesting and sad. The Hungarians fight for freedom from communist Russia is heartbreaking. I can't even comprehend the cruelties inflicted by one human on another. But this is an interesting look into......more

(3.0) heartfelt and personal…JM making the passionate case that communism doesn’t work…of course in 1957 this seemed far less certain. Interesting for the on the ground details of the Hungarian Revolution but even more so the tortures everyday Hungarians suffered at the hands of the AVO. The mundane t......more

A ten hour unabridged audiobook. A very good overview of the Communist school system, and a world of informers which led to brutal repression of anyone who wasn't deemed to be loyal enough to the party. Those who fought back, both in the streets, and at home (giving their children real Hungarian hist......more