Erwin A. Schmidl, ed., Die Ungarnkrise 1956 und Österreich: Mit einem Vorwort von Paul Lendvai (Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, 2003): Csaba Békés, Malcolm Byrne, and János M. Rainer, eds., The 1956 Hungarian Revolution: A History in Documents (Budapest: CEU Press, 2003)

The literature of the defeated 1956 Hungarian revolution falls into three categories: original documents, the source material of events; evaluation of events via the social sciences: history, sociology, and political science; and biographical and eyewitness reports. In 1955, Austria achieved independence and neutrality, which served as an inspiration and model for Hungarians in 1956 as the declaration of Prime Minister Imre Nagy on 1 November and the writings of his minister Istvan Bibo made clear. In terms of the consolidation of the counterrevolutionary Kadar regime, two important things are discussed under the heading "Hungary in the Aftermath". Those are the trial and execution of Imre Nagy, and the crushing of all opposition including 400 executions, tens of thousands sentenced to long prison terms and the establishment of a network of informers, whose activity is not fully disclosed.