Soldiers of Revolution
Soldiers of Revolution

Author: Mark Lause

Publisher: Verso Books

Published: 2022-01-18

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1788730577

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How war gave birth to revolution in the 19th century The Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 introduced new military technologies, transformed the organization of armies, and upset the continental balance of power, promulgating new regimented ideas of nationhood and conflict resolution more widely. However, the mass armies that became a new standard required mass mobilization and the arming of working people, who exercised a new power through both a German social democracy and popular insurgent French movements. As in the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Paris Commune of 1871 grew directly from the discontent among radicalized soldiers and civilians pressed into armed service on behalf of institutions they learned to mistrust. If this militarized class conflict, the brutality of the Commune's subsequent repression not only butchered the tens of thousands of Parisians but slaughtered an old utopian faith that appeals to reason and morality could resolve social tensions. War among nations became linked to revolution and revolution to armed struggle.

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Author: United States. Congress. House

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Total Pages: 2752

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Visionaries
Visionaries

Author: William A. Christian

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1996-01-01

Total Pages: 568

ISBN-13: 9780520200401

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Reports the sighting by two children of the Virgin Mary on a hillside in Spanish Basque territory in 1931

The Blue Mirror
The Blue Mirror

Author: Camélia Rose

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2010-04-28

Total Pages: 709

ISBN-13: 146281123X

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The Blue Mirror is the story of Angelica Moldavi, a young woman from Austria, who marries Laurent Le-Fouet, a dashing French marquis, and is whisked off into his decadent, jet-setting world. Laurent also introduces her to the teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg, and together with a few friends, decide to found their own new religion—the Church of the Veil, That Holy Dove. The book follows the Le-Fouets and their friends and relatives as they experience joys, face challenges, and mourn tragedies, all the while discovering new spiritual truths and refining their faith. View www.cameliarose.net

Family Networks and the Russian Revolutionary Movement, 1870–1940
Family Networks and the Russian Revolutionary Movement, 1870–1940

Author: Katy Turton

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-12-04

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 023039308X

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This book explores the role played by families in the Russian revolutionary movement and the first decades of the Soviet regime. While revolutionaries were expected to sever all family ties or at the very least put political concerns before personal ones, in practice this was rarely achieved. In the underground, revolutionaries of all stripes, from populists to social-democrats, relied on siblings, spouses, children and parents to help them conduct party tasks, with the appearance of domesticity regularly thwarting police interference. Family networks were also vital when the worst happened and revolutionaries were imprisoned or exiled. After the revolution, these family networks continued to function in the building of the new Soviet regime and amongst the socialist opponents who tried to resist the Bolsheviks. As the Party persecuted its socialist enemies and eventually turned on threats perceived within its ranks, it deliberately included the spouses and relatives of its opponents in an attempt to destroy family networks for good.