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Furies : Violence and Terror in the French and Russian Revolutions.

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The great romance and fear of bloody revolution--strange blend of idealism and terror--have been superseded by blind faith in the bloodless expansion of human rights and global capitalism. Flying in the face of history, violence is dismissed as rare, immoral, and counterproductive. Arguing against t...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Mayer, Arno J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Political violence > France.
Political violence > Soviet Union.
Terror > Soviet Union.
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Influence.
Soviet Union > History > Revolution, 1917-1921 > Influence.
France > History > Reign of Terror, 1793-1794.
Reign of Terror (France : 1793-1794)
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Political violence.
Terror.
France.
Soviet Union.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preface; Introduction; PART ONE: CONCEPTUAL SIGNPOSTS; 1. Revolution; 2. Counterrevolution; 3. Violence; 4. Terror; 5. Vengeance; 6. Religion; PART TWO: CRESCENDO OF VIOLENCE; 7. The Return of Vengeance: Terror in France, 1789-95; 8. In the Eye of a "Time of Troubles": Terror in Russia, 1917-21; PART THREE: METROPOLITAN CONDESCENSION AND RURAL DISTRUST; 9. Peasant War in France: The Vendée; 10. Peasant War in Russia: Ukraine and Tambov; PART FOUR: THE SACRED CONTESTED; 11. Engaging the Gallican Church and the Vatican.
  • 12. Engaging the Russian Orthodox Church13. Perils of Emancipation: Protestants and Jews in the Revolutionary Whirlwind; PART FIVE: A WORLD UNHINGED; 14. Externalization of the French Revolution: The Napoleonic Wars; 15. Internalization of the Russian Revolution: Terror in One Country; Index.

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