Revolutioner, opstand og oprør

Why did Islamists respond so differently to the Arab Spring? What do these different responses tell us about Islamists' ideological commitment and resilience, or the contexts within which they were functioning? This book is based on fieldwork on Islamists in eight Middle Eastern countries: Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Morocco, Yemen, Jordan, Kuwait and Syria. The contributors trace the transformation of the Islamists' ideology, behaviour, and strategy since the beginning of the Arab Spring. The aim of the book is to show that Islamists necessarily have an interactive and dialectical relationship with the environments in which they find themselves, and that their behaviour and political calculations are based on a wide range of local, regional and global factors. They take into account the impact of the different contexts the groups found themselves in from authoritarian to open and reformist, and contexts of armed conflict and civil war. An interdisciplinary project, the book captures the ongoing transformation of Islamist parties to explain the reasons why some movements could adapt and make shifts in their discourse and strategy, maintaining organizational coherence and unity, while others fell short and suffered major splits and schisms. The robust theoretical findings update existing literature on Islamism and advance the state of the field.

This collection is the first of three volumes of the Complete Works devoted to the central theme of Rosa Luxemburg's life and work-revolution. Spanning the years 1897 to the end of 1905, they contain speeches, articles, and essays on the strikes, protests, and political debates that culminated in the 1905 Russian Revolution-one of the most important social upheavals of modern times. Luxemburg's near-daily articles and reports during 1905 on the ongoing revolution (which comprises the bulk of this volume) shed new light on such issues as the relation of spontaneity and organization, the role of national minorities in social revolution, and the inseparability ofthe struggle for socialism from revolutionary democracy. We become witness to Luxemburg's effort to respond to the impulses, challenges, and ideas arising from a living revolutionary process, which in turn becomes the source of much of her subsequent political theory-such as her writings on the mass strike, her strident internationalism, and her insistence that revolutionary struggle never take its eyes off of the need to transform the human personality. Virtually all of these writings appear in English for the first time (translated from both German and Polish) and many have only recently been identified as having been written by Luxemburg.

In this old China tale like no other, Englishman Charles Mason tells of his doomed attempt to overthrow the Qing dynasty.Lawrence of Arabia famously wrote that, "All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men," for they may act upon their dreams. Such a man was young Charles Mason, who, in the late 1880s, secured a job with China's British-run Imperial Maritime Customs Service at a river port. Here the glamor and adventure of exotic China met the reality of tedious paperwork, alcoholism, petty squabbles, and sordid sexual encounters. It was a test of character, and one which Mason would fail. From the boredom, and his connections with a secret society, a fantasy emerged of setting himself up as the "King of China." In 1891 he secured men and arms to launch his revolt. Mason was a much better writer than he was a revolutionary, and in mesmerising, melodramatic prose of sometimes borderline sanity, he recounts the failed insurrection from inspiration to his dramatic trial and the aftermath. The Chinese Confessions was originally published in 1924. In this reissue, vital background and biographical information is given in an introduction by David Leffman, a travel writer and the author of The Mercenary Mandarin, a biography of the British adventurer William Mesny.

Third volume of the earliest book-length modern conspiracy theory, written by the Jesuit priest, the Abbé Augustin Barruel. Here he exposes the structure, leadership, and methods of the Bavarian Illuminati.

Wellred edition featuring a new introduction providing the historical background to the Paris Commune, as well as Engels' 1891 introduction and articles by Lenin and Trotsky."Working men's Paris, with its Commune, will be forever celebrated as the glorious harbinger of a new society. Its martyrs are enshrined in the great heart of the working class."Written as a series of addresses to the General Council of the International Workingmen's Association from July 1870 to May 1871, The Civil War in France covers the dramatic events of the Franco-Prussian War, the fall of the Second French Empire, and the heroic episode of the Paris Commune: the first workers' government in history.For two months between March and May 1871 the armed workers of Paris, surrounded by enemies on all sides, took their destiny into their own hands and demonstrated that it is possible for the workers to run society democratically, without capitalists, bankers or even a standing army.In his brilliantly concise and penetrating addresses, written in the heat of the events themselves, Marx succeeds in distilling the experience of the Commune down to its most fundamental elements, drawing out in the process a programme for the revolutionaries of the future. 150 years on, this book remains a priceless resource for the workers of the world.

Earliest book-length modern conspiracy theory, written by the Jesuit priest, the Abbé Augustin Barruel, advancing the thesis, supported by extensive documentation, that the French Revolution was planned and executed by secret societies.

This is a story about the founding of the United States of America. It's a factual story piecing together documents that I have researched on Captain Thomas Askey and Lieutenant Richard Gunsalus, which are over 250 years old at the time I wrote this book. I link their information along with events of the time to document the founding of one of the greatest and most powerful countries in the modern world. These events unfold in the early 1760's towards the end of the French and Indian War. At this point there was no United States of America. It was a grouping of 13 individual Colonies governed by the British, and therefore subjects of the British Crown and King George III. But these Colonies were beginning to join together and growing more independent of their British authority. This growing need for independence fueled the desire to become their own country and birth of what Americans enjoy today.

Den skandinaviske udvandring til Sydafrika i slutningen af 1800-tallet skyldtes de store guld- og diamantfund i boerstaterne Transvaal og Oranje Fristaten. Men mange danskere og skandinaver kom i klemme i det, der udviklede sig til Den Anden Boerkrig 1899-1902. En krig mellem det mægtige britiske imperium og de to små boenstater.I krig under Sydkorset afdækker et vigtigt og næsten ukendt område af den danske og fælles skandinaviske udvandringshistorie og kaster lys over de skandinaver, som på forskellig vis befandt sig på boerstaternes side. Enten i direkte væbnet kamp mod den britiske kolonimagt eller i politi- og ambulancetjeneste. Flere af disse skandinaver blev som krigsfanger senere deporteret til fjerntliggende fangelejre. Andre skandinaver blev interneret i briternes berygtede koncentrationslejre. Bogen kaster lys over disse udvandrerskæbners dramatiske og turbulente historie.I dag står Det Skandinaviske Monument fra 1908 og det bemærkelsesværdige Skandinaviske Gravmonument fra 1927 ved slagmarken Magersfontein og vidner om den danske, svenske, norske og finske indsats i den proces, som Afrikas sydligste nation er rundet af.Peter Agerbo Jensen (f. 1974) er cand.mag. i historie og samfundsfag. Han har været gymnasielærer, konsulent på Christiansborg og uddannelsesansvarlig. Peter Agerbo Jensen har skrevet artikler og boganmeldelser om kulturhistoriske emner samt uddannelse. I krig under Sydkorset er hans første bog.

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Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Neuere Deutsche Literatur, Note: 1,3, Universität Rostock (Institut für Germanistik), Veranstaltung: Wendetagebücher, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Von der Dresdner Tageszeitung ¿Die Union¿ dazu ausersehen, ¿Chronist jener Tage zu sein¿, führt Thomas Rosenlöcher mit ¿Die verkauften Pflastersteine¿ Tagebuch zur Wende. Darin verarbeitet er nicht nur private und politische Ereignisse jener Zeit, sondern auch Bilder der Stadt. Häufig gerät Dresden in Anbetracht der Demonstrationen und Andachten auf den Berliner Alexanderplatz oder die Leipziger Nikolaikirche aus dem Blickfeld der Geschichte. Wie verlief die demokratische Revolution in Dresden? Wie trifft sie auf den einzelnen Bürger? Wie schildert Rosenlöcher seine Eindrücke von der Wende und wie verändern sie sich im Laufe der Zeit? Mit diesen zentralen Fragestellungen setzt sich die vorliegende Arbeit auseinander. Das Tagebuch ¿Die verkauften Pflastersteine¿ soll dabei den Anfang und gleichzeitig das Ende der Ausführungen markieren. Die zu behandelnden Ereignisse belaufen sich demnach auf den Zeitraum von September 1989 bis Mitte März 1990. Mit Ausnahme der ersten beiden Kapitel konzentriert sich die Aufmerksamkeit auf die repräsentative Rolle Rosenlöchers als Dresdner und die Stadt selbst in dieser Periode. Erläuterungen und Hinweise in Bezug auf die überregionalen Begebenheiten finden sich nur insoweit, wie sie für das Verständnis der einzelnen Passagen notwendig sind. Neben dem Tagebuch steht außerdem noch ein weiterer Text Rosenlöchers zur Verfügung. In ¿Warum ich den 9. November verschlief¿ greift der Autor Teile seines Tagebuchs auf und bezieht rückblickend Position zur Situation sowie seinen Aufzeichnungen von damals. Folglich sind diese Erinnerungen mehrfach in die Untersuchung einbezogen. Zunächst soll das Tagebuch an sich analysiert und in seiner Funktion als Quelle überprüft werden. Um einen groben Überblick über die politische und gesellschaftliche Situation in der DDR zu erhalten, wird danach in den historischen Kontext eingeführt. Sodann beginnt die Analyse des Tagebuchs und der Dresdner Geschichte in den Wendejahren in aufeinander aufbauenden sowie chronologisch gegliederten Abschnitten. Eine Besonderheit kommt hier dem Mauerfall zu, weswegen dieser einzeln aufgeführt ist. Zum Ende werden die Ergebnisse zusammengetragen und einer Schlussfolgerung unterzogen.

?Historical accuracy and human understanding require coming down from the high ground and seeing people in all their complexity. Serena Zabin's rich and highly enjoyable book does just that.??Kathleen DuVal, Wall Street JournalA dramatic, untold ?people's history? of the storied event that helped trigger the American Revolution.The story of the Boston Massacre?when on a late winter evening in 1770, British soldiers shot five local men to death?is familiar to generations. But from the very beginning, many accounts have obscured a fascinating truth: the Massacre arose from conflicts that were as personal as they were political.Professor Serena Zabin draws on original sources and lively stories to follow British troops as they are dispatched from Ireland to Boston in 1768 to subdue the increasingly rebellious colonists. And she reveals a forgotten world hidden in plain sight: the many regimental wives and children who accompanied these armies. We see these families jostling with Bostonians for living space, finding common cause in the search for a lost child, trading barbs, and sharing baptisms. Becoming, in other words, neighbors. When soldiers shot unarmed citizens in the street, it was these intensely human, now broken bonds that fueled what quickly became a bitterly fought American Revolution.Serena Zabin's The Boston Massacre delivers an indelible new slant on iconic American Revolutionary history.

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The story of the friends and allies of the Chinese Revolution

Fully illustrated, this book assesses the origins, equipment, and fighting styles of the irregular warfare specialists fighting on both sides during the American Revolutionary War.Amid North America's often forested, broken, or rugged terrain, 18th-century armies came to rely on soldiers capable of fighting individually or in small groups. During the American Revolutionary War, rifle-armed companies were incorporated into the newly created Continental Army, while Patriot militiamen and partisans also made use of rifled weapons. Facing them were the British Army's light infantrymen; among the most experienced regular soldiers fighting for the Crown, they were joined by Loyalist units able to operate in dispersed formations and German hired troops skilled in open-order fighting, including the rifle-armed Jäger.The strengths and limitations of both sides' open-order specialists are evaluated in this book, with particular focus upon three revealing battles: Harlem Heights (September 16, 1776), where the Patriots took heart from being able to hold their own in an escalating clash with Crown light forces; Freeman's Farm (September 19, 1777), where British light infantry engaged Patriot riflemen in notably rough terrain; and Hanging Rock (August 6, 1780), where Patriot riflemen and partisans attacked a Loyalist encampment, including Provincial Corps light infantry. Specially commissioned artwork, archive illustrations, and newly drawn mapping complement the authoritative text.

"An epic new account of the conflict that reshaped Eastern Europe and set the stage for the rest of the twentieth century. Between 1917 and 1921 a devastating struggle took place in Russia following the collapse of the Tsarist empire. The doomed White alliance of moderate socialists and reactionary monarchists stood little chance against Trotsky's Red Army and the single-minded Communist dictatorship under Lenin. In the savage civil war that followed, terror begat terror, which in turn led to ever greater cruelty with man's inhumanity to man, woman and child. The struggle became a world war by proxy as Churchill deployed weaponry and troops from the British empire, while contingents from the United States, France, Italy, Japan, Poland, and Czechoslovakia played rival parts. Using the most up to date scholarship and archival research, Antony Beevor assembles the complete picture in a gripping narrative that conveys the conflict through the eyes of everyone from the worker on the streets of Petrograd to the cavalry officer on the battlefield and the doctor in an improvised hospital"--