{"product_id":"revolutionary-monsters-five-men-who-turned-liberation-into-tyranny","title":"Revolutionary Monsters: Five Men Who Turned Liberation into Tyranny","description":"Lenin. Mao. Castro. Mugabe. Khomeini.\n\nAll sparked movements in the name of liberating their people from their oppressors—capitalists, foreign imperialists, or dictators in their own country. These revolutionaries rallied the masses in the name of freedom, only to become more tyrannical than those they replaced.\n\nMuch has been written about the anatomy of revolution from Edmund Burke to Crane Brinton Crane, Franz Fanon, and contemporary theorists of revolution found in the modern academy. Yet what is missing is a dissection of the revolutionary minds that destroyed the old for the creation of a more harmful new.\n\nRevolutionary Monsters presents a collective biography of five modern day revolutionaries who came into power calling for the liberation of the people only to end up killing millions of people in the name of revolution: Lenin (Russia), Mao (China), Castro (Cuba), Mugabe (Zimbabwe), and Khomeini (Iran). Revolutionary Monsters explores basic questions about the revolutionary personality, and examines how these revolutionaries came to envision themselves as prophets of a new age.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1684511240\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1684511240.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Critchlow, Donald T.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43329197735997,"sku":"BVV.1684511240.G","price":6.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1684511240-0.jpg?v=1783459836","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/revolutionary-monsters-five-men-who-turned-liberation-into-tyranny","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}