Revolution and World Politics : The Rise and Fall of the Sixth Great Power

The relation of revolutions to international relations is central to modern history. Revolutions have, as much as war or nationalism, shaped the development of world politics. Equally, revolutions have been, in cause, ideology and consequence, international events. By putting the international politics of revolution centre stage, Fred Halliday's book makes a major contribution to the understanding of both revolution and world politics. Front Matter....Pages i-xix Introduction: Revolutions and the International....Pages 1-23 Front Matter....Pages 25-25 An Alternative Modernity: The Rise and Fall of ‘Revolution’....Pages 27-55 Internationalism in Theory: A World-Historical Vision....Pages 56-93 Internationalism in Practice: Export of Revolution....Pages 94-132 The Antinomies of Revolutionary Foreign Policy....Pages 133-157 Front Matter....Pages 159-159 The International as Cause....Pages 161-191 Revolutions and International History....Pages 192-206 Counter-Revolution....Pages 207-233 War and Revolution....Pages 234-260 Systemic Constraints: Revolutionary ‘Transformation’ and Autarky....Pages 261-289 Front Matter....Pages 291-291 Challenges to Theory....Pages 293-322 Revolutions in World Politics....Pages 323-338 Back Matter....Pages 339-402 "Revolutions have, as much as war or nationalism, shaped the development of world politics. Equally, revolutions have been - in cause, ideology and consequence - international events. Their significance has been such as to warrant their description as a 'sixth great power' alongside the dominant states. Fred Halliday provides a comprehensive and challenging reassessment of the role of revolution in the modern world from the French Revolution to the Iranian Revolution and the collapse of communism."--BOOK JACKET