From the American Revolution to the current war in Ukraine, a fundamental force in world politics has been revolutionary nationalism. This pathbreaking book examines revolutions in southern ...

Books & the Arts / A new history examines the long history of a radical and sometimes conservative concept. Peter E. Gordon Here’s a puzzle: Must revolution always mean change? Does it require ...

What makes societies unravel? Historians usually point to politics, corruption, or inequality. But a new study suggests that climate effects that trigger extreme weather may also play an important ...

Classic Communist dogma makes revolution the private preserve of those with nothing to lose but their chains: the workers. In this revolutionary spring of 1968, however, it is the students—most of ...

While there has been a degree of political upheaval over the past couple of years on both sides of the Atlantic, 2018 could witness another round of severe tests of liberal democracy. Key to this is a ...