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... that the natural republicanism of the revolutionary leaders during the Terror was not just rhetorical window-dressing or abstract philosophy, but played a direct role in the political and cultural transformations of Year II. The “dictatorial” revolutionary government may ironically have done less harm to civic...

... the Provisional Revolutionary Government (PRG). George McGovern lead opposition in the Senate. The Woodstock music festival expresses domestic rejection of Nixon’s policy. Dong Ap Bia Mountain Hamburger Hill Hill 937 Joint Chiefs of Staff Kissinger Henry Laird Melvin troop withdrawals Vietnam War ARVN...

... the Jacobins presented their own identity in the new context of revolutionary government, and how the need to maintain this identity led some of them to choose terror. Jacobin leaders National Convention Philippeaux Pierre Nicolas power realities of revolutionary politics realities of power Revolutionary...

...This chapter reviews the impact in Cuba of Cold War propaganda about the family and communism. It investigates the origins of the rumor campaign maintaining that the Cuban revolutionary government planned to eliminate patria potestad (parental authority) and make all Cuban children...

... revolutionary colonization the Terror Paris Lyon revolutionary government Commune-Affranchie Montagnards Wherever it was applied with severity under the direct control of Paris, the Terror distorted local politics and gave central roles to new sets of individuals. Nowhere was the latter more evident than...

...This chapter examines the history of the formation of the revolutionary government in France during the later part of the 18th century. The destruction of executive power between April 1792 and April 1793 led to the creation of revolutionary means of directing the war effort and to the gradual...

...The chapter reviews economic policy and performance during the era of the People’s Revolutionary Government (PRG). It provides an overview of the economic environment during the Gairy era to help explain some of the possible causal antecedents (from an economic perspective) of the PRG’s...

...This chapter discusses how children and discursive representations of childhood became central to the revolutionary government's efforts to both manage a changing relationship with the United States and mobilize a broader pool of citizens in support of its initiatives. The authoritarian...

... friendship as well as political conviction. Beyond this inner group Robespierre had numerous allies who, especially since the fall of the Hébertists, were serving in administrative posts for the revolutionary government, above all on the Commune. As with previous Jacobin factions, much of the coherence...

...This chapter discusses the political tensions of the summer of 1794 that culminated in the political coup of Thermidor. On 8 Thermidor (26 July) Robespierre declared in what was to be his final speech to the Convention that a conspiracy existed in the heart of revolutionary government...

... coup of Jacobins French Revolution French politicians revolutionary government politicians’ terror Robespierre The successive leaders of the Jacobins from 1789 to 1794 were the first modern politicians in France. They came to prominence in a new political culture of democratic politics. To play...

...This chapter discusses how the revolutionary government’s programs to eradicate social disparities shifted how Black women activists might respond to racial and gender discrimination. Government efforts to consolidate nationalist narratives led to the erosion of traditional pathways for challenging...

...This chapter analyzes US-Cuban relations under the Eisenhower administration. The discussions include US-Cuban relations prior to the revolution; Ambassador Philip W. Bonsal's efforts to build a constructive relationship with Cuba's new revolutionary government; Fidel Castro's visit to the US...

... cars arriving in Cuba. Gradually, the automobile business disappeared and businesses connected to automobiles were immensely affected. Eventually, the revolutionary government sought to solve the problems of transportation by importing shipments of vehicles from Poland and Czechoslovakia. Eventually...

... independence democracy revolutionary government socialism revolt social dislocation At 4:20 on the morning of January 4, 1948, amid fanfare and expectation, Burma threw off the dependence that for decades had been its political condition and confronted the world as a sovereign state. Dominion no longer...

...Since 1959, the Cuban revolutionary government has proudly proclaimed that “the revolution is for the children.” Many Cuban Americans reject this claim, asserting that they chose exile in the United States to protect their children from the evils of “Castro-communism.” This analysis of the pivotal...