Abstract
Abstract
After recapitulating the explanation for the different types of terror, the chapter proceeds to compare the three revolutions in terms of the role of terror in them. By so doing, it shows that there were different patterns at work in each case. It then argues that the experience of the so-called negotiated revolutions of 1989, in which large-scale violence and terror were not present, is probably unique. This means that they are unlikely to be the normal model of revolution, and that the lessons derived from the experience with terror of the French, Russian, and Chinese revolutions are likely to remain salient into the future.
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Oxford University PressOxford
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