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| A Note to Students and Professors | |
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| Understanding Revolutions | |
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| The Nature of Revolutions | |
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| Concepts for Understanding Revolutions | |
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| The Great Historical Revolutions | |
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| The French Revolution of 1789 | |
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| The Russian Revolution of 1917 | |
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| Revolution in China, 1911-1949 | |
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| A Note on Sources | |
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| Revolutions in the Third World | |
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| Castro and the Cuban Revolution | |
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| The Sandinistas and the Nicaraguan Revolution | |
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| The Iranian Revolution | |
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| The Overthrow of the Marcos Regime in the Philippines | |
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| A Note on Sources | |
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| The Causes of Revolutions: I | |
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| The Natural History of Revolutions | |
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| Social-Psychological Theories | |
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| Marxian Theories | |
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| Charles Tilly's Resource Mobilization Theory | |
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| State-Centered Theories | |
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| The Causes of Revolutions: II | |
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| State-Centered Theories of Third World Revolutions | |
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| Strengths and Weaknesses of State-Centered Theories | |
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| Ideologies and Revolutions | |
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| Structure and Agency in the Revolutionary Process | |
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| Explaining Revolutions: Conclusions | |
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| Revolutions from Above in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union | |
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| State Socialism: Development and Reforms | |
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| 1989: The Revolutions Against Communism in Eastern Europe | |
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| 1991: The Revolution Against Communism in the Soviet Union | |
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| Explaining the Revolutions Against Communism | |
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| The Communist Collapse and State-Centered Theories of Revolution | |
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| Coda: The Unexpected Nature of the Communist Collapse | |
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| The Outcomes of Revolutions | |
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| France | |
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| Russia | |
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| China | |
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| Cuba | |
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| Nicaragua | |
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| Iran | |
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| The Revolutions Against Communism | |
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| Terrorism and Terrorist Movements | |
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| What Is Terrorism? | |
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| Dimensions of Terrorist Movements | |
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| Terrorist Movements of the Third and Fourth Waves | |
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| Explaining Terrorist Movements | |
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| State Terrorism | |
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| Epilogue: The Future of Revolutions and Terrorist Movements | |
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| Appendix: Ten Leading Students of Revolutions | |
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| John Foran | |
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| Jack A. Goldstone | |
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| Jeff Goodwin | |
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| Ted Robert Gurr | |
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| Krishan Kumar | |
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| Barrington Moore, Jr. | |
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| Theda Skocpol | |
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| Charles Tilly | |
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| Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley | |
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| Eric R. Wolf | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |