Revolutions: A Very Short Introduction

by Jack A. Goldstone

Book Overview

From 1789 in France to 2011 in Cairo, revolutions have shaken the world. In their pursuit of social justice, revolutionaries have taken on the assembled might of monarchies, empires, and dictatorships. They have often, though not always, sparked cataclysmic violence, and have at times won miraculous victories, though at other times suffered devastating defeat.

This Very Short Introduction illuminates the revolutionaries, their strategies, their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199858500
• ISBN13: 9780199858507
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.3" x 6.8"