Gene Sharp
Self Liberation - A Guide to Strategic Planning for Action to End a Dictatorship or Other Oppression (2009)
Which way to liberation?
Many people live in countries with governments that can be identified as dictatorships, or less harshly, authoritarian regimes. Usually, most of the people in those countries would like their oppres...
Gene Sharp
National Security Through Civilian Based Defense (1985)
PREFACE
Many people are now convinced that we need alternatives to present military deterrence and defense policies. The alternatives are usually still sought within the context of military assumptions and means, and so far only rarely beyond them. The search for alternative...
Gene Sharp
Tyranny Could Not Quell Them! (1962)
How Norway's Teachers Defeated Quisling During the Nazi Occupation and What It Means for Unarmed Defence Today
FOREWORD by Sigrid Lund
GENE SHARP'S Peace News articles about the teachers' resistance in Norway are correct and well-balanced, not exaggerating the heroism of the people involved,...
Gene Sharp
The Role of Power in Nonviolent Struggle (1990)
INTRODUCTION
Nonviolent struggle is based upon the very nature of power in society and politics. The practice, dynamics, and consequences of nonviolent struggle are all directly dependent upon the wielding of power and its effects on the power of the opponent group. This technique c...
Gene Sharp & Bruce Jenkins
Civilian-Based Defense - A Post-Military Weapons System (1990)
PREFACE
CIVILIAN-BASED DEFENSE is intended to be a substantive introduction to the developing policy of civilian-based defense. Instead of military weaponry, civilian-based defense applies the power of society itself to deter and defend against interna...
