Revolution
Scope Note
Attempt to seize political power by violent means; types (e.g., palace revolts, fifth columns, insurrections, class uprisings, civil wars); causes and objectives; rationalizations; participants; tactics (e.g., seizure of leading opponents of military strongholds, of strategic urban utilities); counterrevolutionary tactics and movements; results of success and failure; etc.
- Broader Term
- 660 Political Behavior
- Related Terms
- 170 History And Culture Change
- 185 Cultural Goals
- 560 Social Stratification
- 578 Ingroup Antagonisms
- 579 Brawls, Riots, And Banditry
- 687 Offenses Against The State
- 720 War
- Use Fors
- Civil war
- Class uprisings (revolution)
- Counter-revolutionary movements (revolution)
- Counter-revolutionary tactics
- Coups d'etat
- Insurrections
- Massacres in revolutions
- Rebellions
- Revolts
- Revolutionary tactics
- Sedition in political revolutions
- Tactics (revolutionary and counterrevolutionary)
- Upheavals (political)
- Uprisings
- War (civil)
- Identifier
- 669
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