Violence and Terror in the French and Russian Revolutions
by
Arno J. Mayer
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013
The great romance and fear of bloody revolution--strange blend of idealism and terror--have been superseded by blind faith in the bloodless expansion of human rights and global capitalism.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...