Counterrevolution: How Revolutions Die

ISBN-13: 9780202309903 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 256 str.

James Meisel

Opis

The flow and counter flow of revolution and counterrevolution have become the norm of the twentieth century. In this fascinating and well-rounded volume, the author illuminates the revolutionary process as it has developed from antiquity to the present day, from the vantage points of political science, history, and sociology.

Spis treści

1: The Action and the Actors; 2: Prophets in Revolt; 3: Cicero, Father of the Republic: An Epitaph; 4: The Kingmaker: General Monk; 5: The Survivor: Sieyès; 6: A Premature Totalitarian: Louis Bonaparte; 7: A Major Defection; 8: The Dialectics of Succession; 9: The Fascist Syndrome 1; 10: The Mythmaker, T. E. Lawrence: An Existentialist Revolt; 11: The Sputtenng Fuse: Spain; 12: Augustus Before Caesar: De Gaulle; Conclusions: A Surfeit of Answers

O autorze

James H. Meisel