The Next Investigation - Beyond the Gordian Knot

I have determined the necessity of war. Next I will start studying Napoleon. This is because I want to understand what it takes to wipe the slate clean and establish a new and clear set of laws in the wake of an overturning of the old and sclerotic. I seek to find out the prospects of a new sort of revolution and then will assess the possibilities of these coming from the post-hacked and assymetrically destabilized West. 

Where to start?