Keywords
Revolutions
Abstract
I saw the Iranian Revolution of 1979 up close and personally-- a revolution against a modernizing authoritarian king. I watched otherwise clever intellectuals deceive themselves that they would emerge the rulers of a democratic Iran, while the crafty theocrats waited in the wings to seize power. How could all these leftists be so naïve about how revolutions work? The trajectory of revolutions should be no mystery. Crane Brinton’s The Anatomy of Revolution” spelled it all out in 1952, and his observations have stood the test of time.
Recommended Citation
Farhat-Holzman, Laina
(2017)
"Revolutions in History,"
Comparative Civilizations Review: Vol. 77:
No.
77, Article 10.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/ccr/vol77/iss77/10
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