Adam Roberts
Civil Resistance in the East European and Soviet Revolutions (1991)
Introduction
The death knell of communist rule, which has now ended in all European countries, was sounded not by nuclear weapons, nor even for the most part by the use of military force, but by civil resistance. In the last quarter of 1989, "people power" in v...
Gene Sharp
From Dictatorship to Democracy (2011)
The essential handbook used for the "Color Revolutions" around the world during the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
PREFACE
One of my major concerns for many years has been how people could prevent and destroy dictatorships. This has been nurtured in part because of a belief that human...
Gene Sharp
Self Reliant Defense Without Bankruptcy or War (1992)
PREFACE
To state the obvious, the former constituent republics of the Soviet Union and the once Communist-ruled Eastern European states face numerous difficulties. The questions of how to maintain national independence, ensure survival in a dangerous world, and protect the con...
Bruce Jenkins & Gene Sharp
The Anti-Coup (2004)
From the Introduction
Supporters of political democracy, human rights, and social justice have good reasons to be alarmed about coups d'état. These abrupt seizures of the state apparatus have occurred with great frequency in recent decades. Coups have overthrown established constitutional dem...
Patricia Parkman
Insurrectionary Civic Strikes in Latin America, 1931-1961 (1990)
Introduction
One of the characteristic features of the Latin American political land- scape is a phenomenon best described as a civic strike: the collective suspension of normal activities by people of diverse social groups united by a common political objecti...
