Peter Furtado is the former editor of History Today. His publications include the Sunday Times bestselling Histories of Nations and Great Cities Through Travellers' Eyes, both published by Thames & Hudson.

Introduction: Peter Furtado
The English Revolution 1642-89: Simon Jenkins
The American Revolution 1776-88: Ray Raphael
The French Revolution 1789-99: Sophie Wahnich
The Haitian Revolution 1791-1804: Bayyinah Bello
The Year of Revolutions 1848: Axel Körner
Japan: The Meiji Restoration 1867: Shin Kawashima
The Young Turk Revolution 1908: Mehmed Sükrü Hanioglu
The Mexican Revolution 1910-17: Javier Garciadiego
The Irish Revolution 1913-23: Diarmaid Ferriter
Russia: The Bolshevik Revolution 1917: Dina Khapaeva
The Indian Revolution 1919-47: Mihir Bose
The Vietnamese Revolution 1945: Stein Tønnesson
China's Communist Revolution 1949-76: Mobo Gao
The Cuban Revolution 1959-2000: Luis Martinez Fernandez
The Student Revolution 1968: Stephen Barnes
Portugal: The Carnation Revolution 1974: Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses
Cambodia: The Khmer Rouge Revolution 1975-79: Sorpong Peou
The Iranian Revolution 1979: Homa Katouzian
Nicaragua: The Sandinista Revolution 1979-1990: Mateo Jarquin
Poland: The Solidarity Revolution 1981-89: Anita Prazmowska
Eastern Europe 1989: Vladimir Tismaneanu and Andres Garcia
South Africa: The End of Apartheid 1990-1994: Thula Simpson
Ukraine: The Orange Revolution 2004: Yaroslav Hrytsak
Egypt: The Arab Spring 2011: Yasser Thabet