Revolution and Terror

This book is a study of the relationship between revolution and terror. Graeme Gill uses a detailed analysis of the French, Russian, and Chinese revolutions to show that in order to understand that relationship, it is necessary to distinguish between different types of terror: revolutionary, transformational, and inverted.

List of contents

• 1: Revolution and the Question of Terror


• 2: The French Revolution


• 3: The Russian Revolution


• 4: The Chinese Revolution


• 5: The Origins of Terror


• 6: Revolutions Compared


• Bibliography

About the author

Graeme Gill, Professor Emeritus, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney

Summary

This book is a study of the relationship between revolution and terror. Graeme Gill uses a detailed analysis of the French, Russian, and Chinese revolutions to show that in order to understand that relationship, it is necessary to distinguish between different types of terror: revolutionary, transformational, and inverted.

Product details

• Authors: Graeme Gill, Graeme (Professor Emeritus Gill, Gill Graeme
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2023
• EAN: 9780198901105
• ISBN: 978-0-19-890110-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, France, Russia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Russian Revolution, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Terrorism, armed struggle, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Comparative Politics, Revolutionary groups & movements, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1789 to c 1799 (French Revolutionary period), C 1700 To C 1800, Revolutionary groups and movements, French Revolution, 1917–1923 (Russian Revolutionary period), POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era, HISTORY / Russia / Imperial, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions