Demanding the Impossible

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Demanding the Impossible
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First edition
Author Peter Marshall
Cover artist Francisco Goya's 1814 painting The Third of May 1808
Published1992 (HarperCollins)
ISBN 0-00-217855-9

Demanding the Impossible is a book on the history of anarchism by Peter Marshall. An updated edition was published by PM Press in 2009. [1]

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References


  1. "Demanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism" (PDF). PM Press. December 1, 2009.