Gene Sharp
198 Methods of Nonviolent Action (2014)
Introduction
Far too often people struggling for democratic rights and justice are not aware of the full range of methods of nonviolent action. Wise strategy, attention to the dynamics of nonviolent struggle, and careful selection of methods can increase a group’s chances of success. Gene Sha...
Robert Helvey
On Strategic Nonviolent Conflict: Thinking About the Fundamentals (2004)
INTRODUCTION
The twentieth century was the most violent century in recorded history. Two World Wars resulted in the deaths of more than 200 mil- lion soldiers and civilians. In addition, there were many limited, but just as terrifying, wars of liberation,...
Gene Sharp
Making Abolition Of War A Realistic Goal (1980)
INTRODUCTION
The destructiveness of modem war is widely understood. Yet most governments, backed by their populations, amass the largest array of military weaponry and forces of which they are capable. Clearly, none of the past proposals and movements to abolish war and to bring in...
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...
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)
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...
