03669nam 22006973u 450 991081779800332120210511223201.01-4008-1265-8(CKB)111056486504622(EBL)1174355(OCoLC)842881209(SSID)ssj0000907117(PQKBManifestationID)12325084(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000907117(PQKBWorkID)10856179(PQKB)10218812(SSID)ssj0000160107(PQKBManifestationID)12037159(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000160107(PQKBWorkID)10182502(PQKB)11422332(MiAaPQ)EBC1174355(EXLCZ)9911105648650462220151116d2013|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Furies[electronic resource] Violence and Terror in the French and Russian RevolutionsPrinceton Princeton University Press20131 online resource (735 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-691-09015-7 ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""CONTENTS""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""PART ONE: CONCEPTUAL SIGNPOSTS""; ""1. Revolution""; ""2. Counterrevolution""; ""3. Violence""; ""4. Terror""; ""5. Vengeance""; ""6. Religion""; ""PART TWO: CRESCENDO OF VIOLENCE""; ""7. The Return of Vengeance: Terror in France, 1789-95""; ""8. In the Eye of a "Time of Troubles": Terror in Russia, 1917-21""; ""PART THREE: METROPOLITAN CONDESCENSION AND RURAL DISTRUST""; ""9. Peasant War in France: The Vendée""; ""10. Peasant War in Russia: Ukraine and Tambov""""PART FOUR: THE SACRED CONTESTED""""11. Engaging the Gallican Church and the Vatican""; ""12. Engaging the Russian Orthodox Church""; ""13. Perils of Emancipation: Protestants and Jews in the Revolutionary Whirlwind""; ""PART FIVE: A WORLD UNHINGED""; ""14. Externalization of the French Revolution: The Napoleonic Wars""; ""15. Internalization of the Russian Revolution: Terror in One Country""; ""Index""The great romance and fear of bloody revolution--strange blend of idealism and terror--have been superseded by blind faith in the bloodless expansion of human rights and global capitalism.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 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. Although these two upheavals arose in different environments, they followed simRegions & Countries - EuropeHILCCHistory & ArchaeologyHILCCFranceHILCCPolitical violenceFrancePolitical violenceSoviet UnionTerrorSoviet UnionFranceHistoryReign of Terror, 1793-1794FranceHistoryRevolution, 1789-1799InfluenceSoviet UnionHistoryRevolution, 1917-1921InfluenceRegions & Countries - EuropeHistory & ArchaeologyFrancePolitical violencePolitical violenceTerror944.04Mayer Arno J173473AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910817798003321The Furies3957545UNINA