Revolutions
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Revolutions is a sparkling account of political upheaval and the
power of history. We think of revolutions in terms of fleeting
events, such as the Fall of the Bastille or the Storming of the
Winter Palace. In reality they take decades to burn out, if they
ever do.One of our great historians, Donald Sassoon, takes the long
view of some of the most celebrated upheavals: the English Civil
War, which killed a king, the American War of Independence, which
ejected the British but allowed slavery to persist, the French
Revolution, which produced the Rights of Man and years of
instability, the national revolutions that unified Italy and
Germany, and the Russian and Chinese revolutions, which transformed
the twentieth century. Revolutions adroitly compares these
historical juggernauts to the many rebellions, coups and tumults
that time forgot. It is a history rich in irony and
surprises.'Yankee Doodle Dandy' was first sung by English troopers
to make fun of dishevelled American colonials. The Long March of
retreating Chinese Communists assumed a mythical dimension on a par
with Washington crossing the Delaware. As Sassoon shows in this
tour de force account, revolutions usually catch revolutionaries
them-selves by surprise, and the consequences are difficult to
fathom.Revolutions will change how you think about the
transformative moments in history, both big and small. 'Unique and
encyclopaedic.a monument to streetwise and cosmopolitan
scholarship' Guardian (for The Culture of the Europeans)'Sometimes
playful, sometimes caustic, but always to the point. The doyen of
comparative historians'Ferdinand Mount, Times Literary Supplement
(for The Anxious Triumph)
Výber kníh autorov
Verso Books ,
Donald Sassoon
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Verso Books,
Donald Sassoon
Výber kníh vydavateľa
Slovart
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Slovart
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