Choosing Terror

Choosing Terror
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Publisher : OUP Oxford
Total Pages : 334
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ISBN-10 : 9780199576302
ISBN-13 : 0199576300
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Book Synopsis Choosing Terror by : Marisa Linton

Download or read book Choosing Terror written by Marisa Linton and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-06-20 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the leaders of the French Revolution - Robespierre and his fellow Jacobins - and particularly the gradual process whereby many of them came to 'choose terror', evolving from humanitarian idealists into ruthless politicians, ready to adopt the use of terror to defend the Revolution.


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