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Grazina Miniotaite

Nonviolent Resistance in Lithuania - A Story of a Peaceful Liberation (2005)

Nonviolent Resistance in Lithuania - A Story of a Peaceful Liberation (2005) by Grazina Miniotaite

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

No written work is ever the product of its author alone. This monograph was inspired by the extraordinary actions of thousands of Lithuanians in their quest for independence. The efforts of numerous historians, writers, and activi...

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

Tyranny Could Not Quell Them! : How Norway's Teachers Defeated Quisling During the Nazi Occupation and What It Means for Unarmed Defence Today (1962) by Gene Sharp

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,...

Walter H. Conser, Jr & Ronald M. McCarthy & David J. Toscano & Gene Sharp

Before Lexington - Resistance, Politics, and the American Struggle for Independence, 1765–1775 (2015)

Before Lexington - Resistance, Politics, and the American Struggle for Independence, 1765–1775 (2015) by Walter H. Conser, Jr & Ronald M. McCarthy & David J. Toscano & Gene Sharp

PREFACE TO THE 1986 EDITION

The struggle for American independence has captured the attention of American historians since the beginning of our history as a nation. S...

Patricia Parkman

Insurrectionary Civic Strikes in Latin America, 1931-1961 (1990)

Insurrectionary Civic Strikes in Latin America, 1931-1961 (1990) by Patricia Parkman

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...

Gene Sharp

The Role of Power in Nonviolent Struggle (1990)

The Role of Power in Nonviolent Struggle (1990) by Gene Sharp

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...