A Concise History of Revolution

Presenting a new framework for the study of revolutions this innovative exploration of French Russian Chinese Vietnamese Cuban Iranian South African and more recent Arab revolutions provides a theoretically grounded and empirically comprehensive demonstration of how revolutions mean more than mere state collapse and rebuilding. Through the examination of multiple historical case studies and use of extensive historical examples to explore a range of revolutions Mehran Kamrava reveals the range and depth of human emotion and motivations that are so prevalent and consequential in revolutions from personal commitment to sacrifice determination leadership ability charisma opportunism and avarice.