Daniel Chirot

World Magazine, Honourable Mention, Accessible History Book of the Year Why have most modern revolutions ended in bloodshed and failure, and what lessons do they hold for today's world of growing extremism? Why have so many of the iconic revolutions of modern times ended in bloody tragedies? What lessons can be drawn from these failures today, in a world where...

World Magazine, Honourable Mention, Accessible History Book of the Year Why have most modern revolutions ended in bloodshed and failure—and what lessons do they hold for today's world of growing extremism? Why have so many of the iconic revolutions of modern times resulted in bloody tragedies? And what lessons can be drawn from these failures today, in a world where...

Examines Adam Smith, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Charles Darwin, and Karl Marx—heirs of the Enlightenment who embodied its highest ideals about progress—and shows how their thoughts, over time and in the hands of their followers and opponents, transformed the very nature of our beliefs, institutions, economies, and politics.