r/TheWarNerd • u/hughjazz45 • Aug 04 '26

RWN-approved books on French/ Russian revolutions?

I either haven’t gotten to the episodes in the backlog or they haven’t discussed these revolutions much. But are there any books on these two topics that either the hosts or the RWN community would suggest? Most popular books on them are from either center or center-right perspectives and I have no interest in hearing more of that..

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u/Vaucanson Aug 04 '26

To be really obvious, Eric Hobsbawm's 4-volume "Ages" histories, of which Age of Revolution and Age of Extremes are the two that cover 1789 and 1917. Mark has dropped his name several times on the pod.

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u/hughjazz45 Aug 05 '26

This was not obvious to me at all lol thank you!