Short biography of Hugo Chávez
On Tuesday, March 5, 2013, Hugo Chávez died. His historic personality for Venezuela, which he will have led for 14 years, will also have marked international relations. Vice President Nicolás …
Tag: revolutions
Machiavelli – Avoiding Revolutions
Machiavelli has a simple yet complex method for avoiding revolutions. Simple, because it can be obtained in two ways. Complex, because it is still necessary to be able to implement …
Aron – Preferring revolt to humiliation
In Peace and War Between Nations, published in 1962, Raymond Aron writes: The difficulty of peace has more to do with humanity than with man’s animality. The mouse that has …
What is the Third Estate? Summary of Chapters 1 and 2
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès was born in 1748. In 1774, he became a priest, but without a vocation. He held several important positions, but became truly famous in 1788, when he published …
Definitions of Revolutions
Etymology of Revolutions The word revolution is ambiguous, since it designates a modification while being a return to an initial state. This idea comes from astronomy. Thus from the beginning …
History sheet: The wave of revolutions in Europe 1917-1923
The Russian Revolution in February 1917 1. Russia: a weakened country —August 1914:170 million inhabitants, fragile industry, national income national income is 1/3 of that of the USA —the “land hunger” …