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Gene Sharp

Self Reliant Defense Without Bankruptcy or War (1992)

Self Reliant Defense Without Bankruptcy or War (1992) by Gene Sharp

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...

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.

From Dictatorship to Democracy (2011) by Gene Sharp

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...

Adam Roberts

Civil Resistance in the East European and Soviet Revolutions (1991)

Civil Resistance in the East European and Soviet Revolutions (1991) by Adam Roberts

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 & Bruce Jenkins

Civilian-Based Defense - A Post-Military Weapons System (1990)

Civilian-Based Defense - A Post-Military Weapons System (1990) by Gene Sharp & Bruce Jenkins

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...

Bruce Jenkins & Gene Sharp

The Anti-Coup (2004)

The Anti-Coup (2004) by Bruce Jenkins & Gene Sharp

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...