Is this 1848? What history can teach us about the Arab revolutions
By Leon Neyfakh | March 27, 2011 | Boston Globe
“…since the start of the so-called Arab Spring, a chorus of historians and commentators has been arguing that the most fitting historical analogy to what’s happening in the region right now may be significantly less giddy-making. For them, the period we should be thinking about is not 1989, but rather 1848, when a cascade of revolutions engulfed Europe only to be extinguished by forces of the old order….”
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2011/03/27/is_this_1848/
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