Internecine: Our Dangerous Misunderstandings of Revolution

Revolution, riot, and uprising may be understood from the view of the "righteous" victor or the "downtrodden" loser, the "steadfast" military or the "courageous" rebel. Depending on your view of a given conflict, it's easy to read lessons in the outcome that may not actually be present -- and more dangerously, to apply these lessons to potential future conflicts.

Here, we analyze the ups and downs of internecine struggle both modern and ancient, to see if there is a lesson to be gleaned;.