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This Volume Places Recent Events In Iraq And Afghanistan To Tunisia And Egypt In Historical Context. It Provides A History Of Revolutions And Insurgencies, An Introduction To The Way Social Scientists Think About The Causes And Outcomes Of Revolutions, And An Explanation Of Their Significance In Historical And Political Change. Jack A. Goldstone Begins With A Brief History Of Revolutions And Insurgencies, From The Revolutions That Brought Democracy To Greek City-states And Led To The Founding Of Rome Through The Major Peasant Revolts Of The Middle Ages In Europe And China, And The Independence Revolts In The Americas. He Also Touches Upon The Insurgencies In Latin America (zapatistas And Farc) And Asia (in Malaysia And The Philippines), Whose Failure Is Instructive In Understanding Why Revolts Succeed Or Fail. The Book Then Discusses Types Of Revolutions And Their Causes; The Radical Social Revolutions In France, Russia, And China; The Revolutions For Independence In India And Algeria; Revolutions Against Dictators In Mexico, Cuba, And Iran; And The So-called Color Revolutions In Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, And Georgia. Goldstone Considers Some Of The Key Revolutionary Leaders Of Hist

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Author

Jack A. Goldstone

Publisher

Oxford University Press Inc

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780199858521

Category

history

Subjects

Political Science, Fiction, Sociology

Rating

3.54 / 5 (69 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14