The World Atlas of Revolutions

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The Antecedents, Character and History of the Revolutions of the Modern Age – from the American Revolution to the Revolutionary Violence of the 1980s.

These are the great revolutions described in The World Atlas of Revolutions. They span the period from the American Revolution in 1776 to the political violence of the present day. One factor unites them all, for while propaganda and ideology are part of the making of a revolution, the key events occur not in the classroom or in theory, but on a battlefield-or in the cities and villages.
The World Atlas of Revolutions shows, for the first time, what happens in a revolution. Each revolution is explained with specially drawn maps, incorporating a profusion of detail, showing events where and when they took place. Only a map presentation can show with sufficient clarity the astonishing complexity of a revolution, of the hundreds of simultaneous events which go to make it up. This capacity to present the dimensions of time and place marks a considerable step forward in the use of historical data. This volume presents the drama and often the horror of revolutions, their aftermath and consequences in human terms.