This radical new perspective from the Global South casts a fresh light on a major aspect of contemporary history and in doing so suggests an alternative interpretation of twentieth century revolutions, Socialism, left thinking and radical politics.

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Sri Lanka

Dayan Jayatilleka

About the author

Dayan Jayatilleka is a Sri Lankan Diplomat, political scientist and author. He was Sri Lanka's Ambassador/Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva and Ambassador to France and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, and is author of Fidel's Ethics of Violence (2007).

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Book Title: The Fall of Global Socialism
Book Subtitle: A Counter-Narrative From the South
Authors: Dayan Jayatilleka
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137395474
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Intern. Relations & Development Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-39546-7Published: 25 March 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-39547-4Published: 20 April 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 143
Topics: International Relations, Terrorism and Political Violence, Political History, Russian and Post-Soviet Politics, Political Theory, Political Science

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

The Last Revolutions

The Revolution Self-Destructs

The Sino-Soviet Conflict

Conclusion

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