Hi there, historians!
I'm looking for your help to find a good sourced book on the subject of revolutions. It does not need be scholarly (but could) and I'd specially appreciate it if it compares the genesis of different revolutions in world history. I guess the term itself is broad and probably somewhat blurry so I'll let it to you to decide which events/periods of time deserve to be called revolutionary and if it's pertinent to mention failed revolutions as well, in case it makes sense.
To be clear: I'm not looking for a dissertation, philosophical or otherwise, on the topic of revolution itself, its meaning or boundaries, but rather recorded narratives about real critical events in revolutionary history. Would you be so inclined to discuss the term itself: Was the national socialist coming to power in 30's Germany a (failed) revolution? Without wishing to offend anyone I ask myself if that much killing and murdering behind closed doors, that went on in Germany as the years went by, does not qualify it as a (terrible and happily failed) revolution.
Thank you very much.
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Right there's a fairly recent development in revolutionary studies, but the kind of thing you're looking for sounds like Fred Halliday's 'Revolution and World Politics: The Rise and Fall of the Sixth Great Power'. Lawson studied under him, and goes a bit more in depth about what revolutions actually are (as you say, how to we view the Nazi rise to power, civil wars, insurrections or palace coups). He's got a bunch of articles out but 'Anatomies of Revolution' is a pretty digestible book that hits the main points. Failing that, 'Revolutions, a very short introduction' by Jack Goldstone works quite well as a primer.
Very aware these are all quite anglo-centric, something Lawson makes explicit reference to in how he views what a revolution is, a central point of his is that the term changes meanings and values depending when it's deployed.