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A 1978 CIA analysis firmly concluded that the shah of Iran would remain on the throne for the foreseeable future. One hundred days later the shah was overthrown by a... Læs mere
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The rise of the Bolsheviks is an epic Russian story that now has a definitive end. The major historian of the subject, Adam Ulam, has enlarged his classic work with a new Preface that puts the revolutionary moment, and especially Lenin, in perspective for our modern age.
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With its radical ideology and tactics, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was... Læs mere
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Sweig shatters the mythology surrounding the Cuban Revolution in a compelling revisionist history that reconsiders the revolutionary roles of Castro and Guevara and restores to a central position the leadership of the Llano.
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Festivals and the French Revolution—the subject conjures up visions of goddesses of Liberty, strange celebrations of Reason, and the oddly pretentious cult of the... Læs mere
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Two centuries later, the French Revolution—that event that founded modern democracy—continues to give rise to a reevaluation of essential questions. This... Læs mere
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Delivered at Cambridge University between 1895 and 1899, these lectures provide an account of the entire epochal chapter in French experience. The 22 essays commence... Læs mere
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Delivered at Cambridge University between 1895 and 1899, these lectures provide an account of the entire epochal chapter in French experience. The 22 essays commence... Læs mere
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First published in 1966, this text deals with American conceptions and uses of history in the constitutional debate with Britain preceding the American Revolution.
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Covering the period from the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766 to the outbreak of hostilities at Lexington and Concord in 1775, this work offers a cogent analysis of the politics that led to the American Revolution.
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Written from the viewpoint of conservative French opinion, this work represents an important contribution to revolutionary historiography in which Taine condemns the radicals of the French Revolution, unhesitatingly contradicting the rosy, Rousseauesque view of the Revolution.