03070cam a22004934a 4500 51872 20230410105218.0 050510s2006 nyuab b 001 0 eng 2005047217 (OCoLC)ocm60373752 DLC DLC BAKER C#P YBM BUR NLGGC YDXCP OCLCQ BTCTA 0374273413 (alk. paper) 9780374273415 (alk. paper) NLGGC 276706617 YDXCP 2248020 NZ1 9446491 (OCoLC)60373752 pcc e-fr--- DC183.5 A561t 2006 944.04/4 22 15.70 bcl Andress, David, 1969- The Terror : the merciless war for freedom in revolutionary France / David Andress. 1st American ed. New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2006. 441 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-427) and index. Night flight -- Hankering after destruction -- The fall -- The September massacres -- Dawn of a new age -- Things fall apart -- Holding the centre -- Saturnalia -- Faction and conspiracy -- Glaciation -- Triumph and collapse -- Terror against terror. For two hundred years, the Terror has haunted the imagination of the West. The descent of the French Revolution from rapturous liberation into an orgy of apparently pointless bloodletting has been the focus of countless reflections on the often malignant nature of humanity and the folly of revolution. David Andress, a leading historian of the French Revolution, presents a radically different account of the Terror. The violence, he shows, was a result of dogmatic and fundamentalist thinking: dreadful decisions were made by groups of people who believed they were still fighting for freedom but whose survival was threatened by famine, external war, and counter-revolutionaries within the fledgling new state. Urgent questions emerge from Andress's reassessment: When is it right to arbitrarily detain those suspected of subversion? When does an earnest patriotism become the rationale for slaughter? This new interpretation draws troubling parallels with today's political an religious fundamentalism.--From publisher description. France History Reign of Terror, 1793-1794. Political violence France. Franse Revolutie. gtt Terreur. gtt Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0624/2005047217-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0624/2005047217-d.html Sample text http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0624/2005047217-s.html Baker & Taylor BKTY 26.00 19.50 0374273413 0006460045 active YBP Library Services YANK 2248020 Baker and Taylor BTCP BK0006907845 lcc bk C0 DRFGD csexposito 32214 32214 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-10 3 0 DC183.5 A561t 2006 00000053767 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 bk