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    Scarmoge posted an update 6 years, 1 month ago

    REPOST 1 – Saturday 10:57 a.m. 21 March 2020

    Well, well, well … Another post has gone POOF! So here is a reposting. Billy Bob would you please repost your comment as I can not retrieve it from my wall to repost.
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    I haven’t posted any suggested reading in a while but I feel the time is appropriate for the following recommendations.
    We might want to take a look at the works of Crane Brinton (1898-1968). Brinton was (and is) a very interesting and forgotten historian of France and of The History of Ideas.
    Specifically his titles: The Jacobins, The Anatomy of Revolution, and Ideas and Men. A few of these are available gratis on archive.org

    The Basic Outline as given by Brinton in The Anatomy of Revolution

    Phase One-Preliminary Stage Symptoms (The Old Order)
    l. Economically weak – the government has deficits and must tax
    2. Politically weak – the government is ineffective and cannot enforce policy; inept ruler
    3. Intellectuals desert – reformers speak out against the government
    4. Class Antagonism – there is a conflict between the old regime and new forces

    Phase Two First Stage Symptoms (Moderate Regime)
    1. Financial breakdown
    2. Symbolic actions/Dramatic events – rallying point against the old regime; government protests increase
    3. Role of force – the government cannot repress the rebellion
    4. Dual Sovereignty – there is a better organized and obeyed government
    5. Moderates Attain Power – e.g., make a new constitution; fight a war

    Phase Three- Crisis Stage Symptoms (Radical Regime)
    1. Radicals Take Control (coup d ‘etat) – small number of devoted, disciplined radicals govern.
    2. War (civil and foreign)
    3. Centralization of Power in a Revolutionary Council Dominated by a Strong Man
    4. Terror and Virtue – forced conformity or punishment; gospel of revolution

    Phase Four Recovery Stage Symptoms (Thermidorian Reaction)
    1. Slow, Uneven Return to Quieter Times – first convalescence from the fever of revolution
    2. Rule by a Tyrant
    3. Radicals Repressed; moderates gain amnesty
    4. Aggressive Nationalism

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      Billy Bob replied 6 years, 1 month ago

      I don’t have a copy either….wanted to thank you for sharing the information. I am a student of the history of ideas and appreciate posts like yours. My comment was perhaps the reason many of the global players children select a history major when acquiring higher knowledge is to learn and understand their adult role if they are exposed to books like Crane Brinton’s.

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      DanaThomas replied 6 years, 1 month ago

      Some of the posts are really interesting, I save some as web pages but considering things I’ll start saving some of them in doc format and then print them.