Massacre : the life and death of the Paris Commune / John Merriman.
"The Paris Commune lasted for only 64 days in 1871, but during that short time it gave rise to some of the grandest political dreams of the nineteenth century--before culminating in horrific violence. Following the disastrous French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, hungry and politically dise...
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| Published: | New York, NY : Basic Books, [2014] |
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue
- War and the Collapse of the Empire
- The Birth of the Commune
- Masters of Their Own Lives
- The Commune Versus the Cross
- The Battle Turns Against the Communards
- Bloody Week Begins
- Death Comes to the Archbishop
- The Courts-Martial at Work
- Massacre
- Prisoners of Versailles
- Remembering.