ARNO MAYER is Professor Emeritus of European History at Princeton University. His many books include The Persistence of the Old Regime: Europe to the Great War, The Furies: Violence and Terror in the French and Russian Revolutions and Plowshares into Swords.
"As fresh, challenging and thought-provoking in its conceptualization as it is thoroughly researched and brilliantly, stylishly and above all sensitively written ... a masterly study."--The Nation
"A fascinating account of one of the most important chapters in human history."--Los Angeles Times Book Review "Brilliant ... absolutely first-rate ... compelling reading."--National Review
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