Saturday, May 30, 2015

IV.3.1.a. A MOST UNLIKELY REVOLUTION

MENU: 4.3.1.a. A most unlikely revolution 

REACTIONARIES THREATENED FROM THE LEFT PROVOKE A WAR, WHICH BRINGS THE LAST AND MOST TRAGIC OF THE 19TH-CENTURY INSURRECTIONS
("THE TERRIBLE YEAR", 1870-1871)

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In brief

  • A war of choice brings disaster
  • Hallucinations of an enclosed population 
  • Treason?
  • Tensions rise
  • Guards become a counter-power 
  • Cannons the army neglects  
  • Prussians parade but guards steal the show 
  • The Assembly pours more oil on the fire
  • The cannons on the hills 
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