Word: revolutionism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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10. Rousseau and Revolution, W. and A. Durant
Since the U.S. had suspected Soviet FOBS' development for so long, why did Washington wait until last week to make it official? One answer is that it was only in the past few weeks that analysts felt the evidence was strong enough. Also, with congressional hearings this week on...
Chaotic-or even anarchic-as that answer may seem, it is the base of U.S. patriotism. At the end of the 18th century, nothing was more quixotic than trying to nationalize 13 hostile colonies, assorted religious sects, and 2,500,000 individualists. The colonists were so unimpressed by the Revolution...
When they came to power in October 1917, many of the Bolsheviks seriously doubted that they could govern the vast, chaotic land of Russia by themselves. "We can't hold out!" cried one of the prominent leaders. Lev Kamenev. Lenin himself hoped at first that the October Revolution would...
The men in the Kremlin possess power that is potentially limitless and unrestrained in its exercise; they could blow the whistle on reform any day and reimpose at least some of the tight discipline of the past. Once fully launched, however, liberalization may not be so easy to stop. The...