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This course examines the significance of revolution in the development of the modern world. It analyzes four pivotal European revolutionary periods, beginning with the French Revolution of 1789 and the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. Then, the development of a nineteenth-century revolutionary tradition across Europe is explored; during this part of the course, students learn about the wave of national revolutions in 1848, the importance of figures such as Karl Marx, and the rise of radical ideologies such as socialism and radicalism. Next, the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the varied international responses to the new communist state is examined. The course concludes with the student and worker uprisings that swept across Europe in 1968. Throughout the course students discuss important themes such as: the relationship between democratic ideals and revolutionary violence; the place of human rights in revolution; the role of culture during large-scale change; and the politics of reaction. Although it covers almost two hundred years of history, this course unites seemingly disconnected events by searching for evidence of a transnational revolutionary tradition.