How Armies Respond to Revolutions and Why
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How Armies Respond to Revolutions and Why
By (Author) Zoltan Barany
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
9th June 2020
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Revolutionary groups and movements
International relations
Political control and freedoms
355.0218
Physical Properties
Paperback
248
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
Description
An exploration of military responses to revolutions and how to predict such reactions in the future We know that a revolution's success largely depends on the army's response to it. But can we predict the military's reaction to an uprising How Armies Respond to Revolutions and Why argues that it is possible to make a highly educated guess-and i
Reviews
"In this superb book, Barany asks how many militaries in nearly 20 countries responded to popular uprisings from 1979 to 2011." * Choice *
"Barany's short work is a welcome addition to the literature on revolutions for its clarity, accessibility, and range of case studies."---Alistair Shawcross, International Journal on World Peace
"A pathbreaking book on the behavior of armed forces in times of popular revolutions."---Hicham Bou Nassif, Perspectives on Politics
Author Bio
Zoltan Barany is the Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Centennial Professor of Government at the University of Texas. His books include The Soldier and the Changing State: Building Democratic Armies in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas and Democratic Breakdown and the Decline of the Russian Military (both Princeton).
