13 Facts About Victor Sebestyen

1.

Victor Sebestyen was born on 1956 and is an historian of Eastern Europe, Russia, and Communism.

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Victor Sebestyen was a child when his family left Hungary as refugees.

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3.

Victor Sebestyen has contributed to many American publications, including T?he New York Times.

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4.

Victor Sebestyen reported widely from Eastern Europe when Communism collapsed and t?he Berlin Wall came down in 1989.

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5.

Victor Sebestyen covered t?he wars in former Yugoslavia and t?he breakup of t?he Soviet Union.

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6.

Victor Sebestyen's first book, Twelve Days, was an acclaimed history of t?he 1956 Hungarian Uprising.

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Victor Sebestyen's second, Revolution 1989 was a highly praised account of t?he fall of t?he Soviet empire.

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Victor Sebestyen has been a speaker at universities, literary festivals and conferences throughout Europe and t?he United States.

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Victor Sebestyen sat on T?he Advisory Council of T?he UK based in Wilton Park, the think tank and discussion forum for international affairs.

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10.

Victor Sebestyen identified a scapegoat he could later label 'enemies of the people'.

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11.

Victor Sebestyen justified himself on the basis that winning meant everything: the ends justified the means.

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12.

Victor Sebestyen built a system based on the idea that political terror against opponents was justified for a greater end.

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13.

Victor Sebestyen had not always been a bad man, but he did terrible things.

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