Hahner Péter - 13 diktátor - Fejezetek a forradalmak history

Are revolution and dictatorship inextricably intertwined? Can lasting and profound social changes be achieved only through violence? Is violence permissible if it serves a better future? This volume seeks answers to these questions, while presenting the root causes, course, consequences and leading individuals of the most important revolutions in world history. The protagonists of revolutionary events usually became dictators, or at least did everything to do so. Cromwell believed that he could abolish the old world and build a new one in its place because God had received him into His grace. Robespierre identified himself with the people, and Napoleon declared that he was the true representative of the French nation. Washington, Bolívar and Garibaldi did not consider themselves chosen, but the revolutionaries of later times, such as Lenin and his followers, justified their choice with science. One thing is certain: attempts to control and control societies in total have had dire consequences.