Taking Power: On the Origins of Third World Revolutions

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 9
Figures......Page 12
Tables......Page 13
Acknowledgments......Page 14
Introduction......Page 17
Part One Perspectives......Page 19
1 Theorizing revolutions......Page 21
Defining revolution......Page 22
Historical perspectives on revolutions......Page 24
A theory of Third World social revolutions......Page 34
The method of studying revolutions......Page 40
Part Two Revolutionary success......Page 47
2 The great social revolutions......Page 49
Mexico’s unfinished revolution, 1910–1920......Page 50
The longest revolution: China, 1911–1949......Page 62
The making of a revolution: Cuba, 1953–1959......Page 73
The Sandinista synthesis in Nicaragua, 1977–1979......Page 81
Iran, 1977–1979: a surprising prototype for
the Third World......Page 90
Conclusion: the route to social revolution......Page 103
3 The great anti-colonial revolutions......Page 104
The Battle of Algeria, 1954–62......Page 107
The Angolan revolution, 1960s–1975: from liberation
movement to civil war......Page 120
Mozambique, 1960s–1975: the advantages of relative unity......Page 131
Zimbabwe, 1960s–1980: anti-racist revolution......Page 139
Vietnam, 1945–1975: the three revolutions......Page 147
Conclusion: the anti-colonial variant......Page 161
Part Three Revolutionary failure......Page 165
4 The greatest tragedies: reversed revolutions......Page 167
Bolivia 1952: a sudden rebellion......Page 169
The Chilean path to revolution, 1970......Page 174
Grenada’s swift success, 1979......Page 179
Iran 1951, Guatemala 1944, and Jamaica 1972: two elections
and an uprising......Page 183
Part Two: falling from power......Page 185
Bolivia after 1952......Page 186
Chile 1973......Page 190
Grenada 1983......Page 197
Nicaragua in the 1980s......Page 206
Iran 1953, Guatemala 1954, and Jamaica 1980: two coups
and an election......Page 212
Conclusions: success and failure in one act......Page 215
5 The great contrasts: attempts, political
revolutions, and non-attempts......Page 221
El Salvador’s near revolution......Page 222
The Sendero Luminoso in Peru......Page 225
China, 1989......Page 227
Algeria in the 1990s......Page 229
Guatemala since the 1960s, Argentina in the 1970s, and the
Philippines after 1986......Page 230
A comparative analysis of attempts......Page 232
The fall of the Manchus in China, People’s Power in the Philippines,
and the ouster of “Baby Doc” in Haiti......Page 237
The uprooting of apartheid......Page 239
From the Congo to Zaire, and back......Page 241
A comparative analysis of political revolutions......Page 243
No attempt: the reasons why......Page 245
Iraq: where political culture prevented revolution?......Page 246
Iran and Egypt: the counter-revolutionary power of repressive
tolerance......Page 247
Cuba: the advantages of culture......Page 249
South Korea and Taiwan: the advantages of real development......Page 250
Argentina, Brazil, and Turkey: dependent development
and democracy......Page 251
Comparing non-attempts......Page 253
Chiapas: the first revolution of the new millennium......Page 254
Concluding thoughts on the failure of revolutions......Page 259
Part Four Conclusions......Page 261
What have we learned about the origins of revolutions?......Page 263
Type two: anti-colonial revolutions......Page 266
Type three: short-lived social revolutions......Page 267
Type five: attempted social revolutions......Page 268
Type six: political revolutions......Page 269
Type seven: no attempt at revolution......Page 270
A summary of results......Page 271
A concern with the future of revolutions......Page 274
Globalization: the highest stage of capitalism?......Page 276
An aside on September 11: the crisis every/no one was waiting for . . .......Page 281
How might the revolutions of the future have better
end(ing)s?......Page 284
By way of concluding thoughts......Page 292
Notes......Page 295
PRIMARY SOURCES......Page 365
SECONDARY SOURCES......Page 366
Index......Page 397