Arms and the People (eBook, ePUB)

Popular Movements and the Military from the Paris Commune to the Arab Spring
Redaktion: Gonzalez, Mike; Barekat, Houman

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This collection examines the relationship between mass movements and the military. Some argue that it is impossible to achieve and protect a revolution without the support of the army, but how can the support of the army be won?

Arms and the People explores the impact of social extremes on the solidarity within the state's military, and on the changing loyalties of these soldiers. The authors examine a series of historical moments in which a crisis in the military has reflected deep instability in the wider world, including Russia in 1917, Egypt during the Arab Spring, the Paris Commune, as well as long-standing instability in Venezuela and Indonesia, amongst many others.

Including a range of international authors who have either studied or been directly involved in such social upheavals, Arms and the People is a pioneering contribution to the study of revolutionary change.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pluto Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781849648103
• Artikelnr.: 39289431

Autorenporträt

Mike Gonzalez is Emeritus Professor of Latin American Studies at the University of Glasgow. He is the co-editor of Arms and the People (Pluto, 2012) and author of A Rebel's Guide to Marx (2006) and Che Guevara and the Cuban Revolution (2004). Houman Barekat is a London-based writer and editor of the literary journal Review 31. He has contributed to various publications including Tribune, Art & Music and the Los Angeles Review of Books, and has reviewed for academic journals including International Affairs and Capital and Class.