Modern Revolutions An Introduction to the Analysis of a Political Phenomenon [Paperback]

An examination of eight major revolutions of the twentieth century.This respected analysis of the major advances in the interpretation of revolutionary experience since 1971 considers the prospective impact of revolutions of the recent past on those of the future.This respected analysis of the major advances in the interpretation of revolutionary experience since 1971 considers the prospective impact of revolutions of the recent past on those of the future.Modern Revolutions has been the standard single-volume interpretation of its subject since its publication in 1972. Successive generations of students have welcomed Professor Dunn's lucid attempt to distinguish between ideological assessments of the desirability of eight contemporary revolutions and specific explanations of why they occurred. In this updated edition, Dunn assesses the major advances in the interpretation of revolutionary experience achieved since 1971, and considers the prospective impact of the revolutions of the past two decades on future revolutionary possibilities.Preface to the first edition; Introduction to the second edition; Introduction: the ideological dilemmas of modern revolution and its analysis; 1. Russia; 2. Mexico; 3. China; 4. Yugoslavia; 5. Vietnam; 6. Algeria; 7. Turkey; 8. Cuba; Conclusion: approaches to the ideological assessment and causal explanation of modern revolutions; Bibliography: guide to further reading; Supplementary reading, 197188; Index. ...a brilliant effort. It gives the reader much to think about in its summaries of leading points of the debates over eight different twentieth-century revolutions. Journal of Social History ...Dunn has written a very interesting, subtle, provocative and difficult book. James Joll in the Sunday Times