The
Bloodless Revolution: A Cultural History of Vegetarianism from 1600 to Modern Times.
Much dust has settled since the shocks of the early and mid-1990s and Di Scala has synthesized with great skill the "
bloodless revolution's" course and the creation of what some have referred to as Italy's "Second Republic." Not all of these shocks have been political, moreover, and Di Scala considers social, economic and cultural evolutions as well.
Ending there allows Fitzsimmons to claim that "the transformation accomplished by the National Assembly was perhaps the most thoroughgoing, virtually
bloodless revolution in history" (p.
Havel led the
bloodless revolution that toppled Czech communism in 1989 and later became president of the Czech Republic.
Gone are the heady days of December 1989, when the visit of Mikhail Gorbachev and his wife Raissa formed a stirring climax to Europe's
bloodless revolution. Endless commentary surrounded every detail, including the fact that Raissa wore red rather than the customary black, and pronounced Russian icons superior to Michelangelo's famous frescoes in the Sistine Chapel.
WE'RE not ones to crow but there's a
bloodless revolution stirring in our green and still-pleasant land.
I did not discuss the economic chaos of Poland that precipitated Solidarity's formation nor the union's role in Poland's
bloodless revolution because I sought to discover how the Pope's alternative language of public life made Solidarity possible, as leaders of Poland's
bloodless revolution explicitly claim it did.
But this was not what deputy commander Valeri Sablin wanted at all - his aim was a
bloodless revolution against the Soviet State.
But Warner questions the validity of the goals themselves in three consecutive essays, "Beyond Gay Marriage," "Zoning Out Sex," and "The Politics of Shame and HIV Prevention." He challenges in particular the recent focus on gay marriage, questioning those whose "zone of privacy requires the support of an elaborate network of state regulations, judicial rulings and police powers." He's written intelligently on these topics before- notably in his 1997 essay "The
Bloodless Revolution of the New Gay Right"- but here he has done it in a crisp, clean style, dropping the jargon that befits a Rutgers University English prof in favor of a language that's simple and accessible.
The next day the newspapers, the public--the entire country--got behind what was dubbed the "
bloodless revolution" and declared its independence.