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Read? A lot of stuff, mostly in college and then specific areas of interest afterwards. I would suggest starting with classic liberal ideology and then tracking down the implementations of it in this specific case. If you disagree on the "reforms we care about" that's fine. I define it as universal suffrage, the right to bargain with your employer, and universal healthcare.
Examples? I did give one, Syria. Yeah it was a bit oblique, they're effectively a puppet of Turkey for now which is why the possibility of Russians being allowed to stay was alarming to NATO countries. It looked like Turkey might be trying out a Russian friendship. There's also Ukraine, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, India, South Korea, etc. I'm not going to make an exhaustive list.
The important thing is some people think the French Revolution was cool songs and Hugh Jackman rescuing pretty girls. It was not. It featured fun things like Mass Drownings. And the Nantes was just convenient, the other Representatives on Mission were just as bloody, only less creatively. And the entire time this was going on France was fighting a civil war against Royal Loyalists across the country.
If you really want to get into this stuff I highly recommend getting to know a site like JSTOR. they have something like 100 free articles a month and a 20$/month subscription available for unlimited if you run into issues. Unfortunately time is a major component and even more fun is researching the researchers to weed out the authors with a large bias.