The Failure of Provisional Governments to Convene Constituent Assembly

The failure of the various provisional governments to move quickly towards a nationally elected constituent assembly is usually overshadowed by other factors, but it is a major factor. The impact of the june offensive also continues to loom very large as a dot connecting february to october. And here we are, heading into september, and the constituent assembly has still not been convened. But they also were now very worried about going ahead with it, because the resulting political crisis might not be full of moderate, liberal statesmen writing an orderly con ituation,. but angry radicals looking to turn the world upside down.