The Furies: Violence and Terror in the French and Russian RevolutionsThe great romance and fear of bloody revolution--strange blend of idealism and terror--have been superseded by blind faith in the bloodless expansion of human rights and global capitalism.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 this pervasive wishful thinking, the distinguished historian Arno J. Mayer revisits the two most tumultuous and influential revolutions of modern times: the French Revolution of 1789 and the Russian Revolution of 1917. |
Contents
Revolution | 23 |
Counterrevolution | 45 |
Violence | 71 |
Terror | 93 |
Vengeance | 126 |
Religion | 141 |
II | 169 |
The Return of Vengeance Terror in France 178995 | 171 |
Peasant War in Russia Ukraine and Tambov | 371 |
IV | 411 |
Engaging the Gallican Church and the Vatican | 413 |
Engaging the Russian Orthodox Church | 449 |
Perils of Emancipation Protestants and Jews in the Revolutionary Whirlwind | 483 |
V | 531 |
Externalization of the French Revolution The Napoleonic Wars | 533 |
Internalization of the Russian Revolution Terror in One Country | 607 |
Other editions - View all
The Furies: Violence and Terror in the French and Russian Revolutions Arno J. Mayer Limited preview - 2002 |
The Furies: Violence and Terror in the French and Russian Revolutions Arno J. Mayer Limited preview - 2013 |
The Furies: Violence and Terror in the French and Russian Revolutions Arno J. Mayer No preview available - 2000 |