Why most modern revolutions have ended in bloodshed and failure-and
what lessons they hold for today's world of growing extremism Why
have so many of the iconic revolutions of modern times ended in
bloody tragedies? And what lessons can be drawn from these failures
today, in a world where political extremism is on the rise and
rational reform based on moderation and compromise often seems
impossible to achieve? In You Say You Want a Revolution?, Daniel
Chirot examines a wide range of right- and left-wing revolutions
around the world-from the late eighteenth century to today-to
provide important new answers to these critical questions. From the
French Revolution of the eighteenth century to the Mexican,
Russian, German, Chinese, anticolonial, and Iranian revolutions of
the twentieth, Chirot finds that moderate solutions to serious
social, economic, and political problems were overwhelmed by
radical ideologies that promised simpler, drastic remedies. But not
all revolutions had this outcome. The American Revolution didn't,
although its failure to resolve the problem of slavery eventually
led to the Civil War, and the collapse of communism in Eastern
Europe was relatively peaceful, except in Yugoslavia. From Japan,
North Korea, Vietnam, and Cambodia to Algeria, Angola, Haiti, and
Romania, You Say You Want a Revolution? explains why violent
radicalism, corruption, and the betrayal of ideals won in so many
crucial cases, why it didn't in some others-and what the long-term
prospects for major social change are if liberals can't deliver
needed reforms. A powerful account of the unintended consequences
of revolutionary change, You Say You Want a Revolution? is filled
with critically important lessons for today's liberal democracies
struggling with new forms of extremism.
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