Social Sciences and the Law

How is a revolution different than a coup, a rebellion or a war of independence?

Link to this answer

CloseClose

Link to this answer

Share this credible answer with others. Simply paste this code into your blog or Web page:

<a href="http://qanda.encyclopedia.com/question/revolution-different-than-coup-rebellion-war-independence-95527.html" >How is a revolution different than a coup, a rebellion or a war of independence?</a>
E-mail this answer Link to this answer

The totality of change implicit in this definition distinguishes it from coups, rebellions, and wars of independence, which involve only partial change.

Answer verified with
Get more facts and information about revolution . Or, view the full encyclopedia entry from The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.

Similar questions: Coups, rebellions and wars of independence all have what kind of change? What kind of change is implicit in the definition of a revolution? [ Hide these questions ]

Related research questions

Related research articles

The French army and politics, 1870-1870.
Magazine article from: National Review ...military coup over the...granting of independence to Algeria...but the Revolution of 1789...contained civil war, half of...more often than not in the...periods of war. If his...veritable civil war within the framework of wars against the...Horne has a different ...
Politics in Iran.(God's law)(Review)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US) ...OF ALL modern revolutions, Iran's was...was that the revolution swept away secular...this tremendous coup, Ayatollah...the gathering rebellion in Iran. His...Khomeini, more than ever, the living...them freedom, independence and justice...agenda was rather different. He was ...
See all results at HighBeam

HighBeam gives you access to newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles plus press releases, facts, information, and biographies from thousands of sources.