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Revolutionary Monsters: Five Men Who Turned Liberation Into Tyranny
Written by Donald Critchlow
Narrated by Chris Lutkin
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This collective biography presents the stories of five modern-day revolutionaries who ended up killing millions of people in the name of liberation.
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Donald Critchlow
Donald T. Critchlow is the author and editor of more than twenty books, including In Defense of Populism and Republican Character: From Nixon to Reagan. He is the co-editor of the first definitive history of the United States published in Polish, Historia Stanów Zjeednockownych Ameryki. The Katzin Family Professor at Arizona State University, he has lectured extensively in Europe, China, and Brazil. He has also appeared on C-SPAN, NPR's Talk of the Nation, BBC World News, and other news outlets.
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