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 & 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...
Johan Jorgen Holst
Civilian-Based Defense in a New Era (1990)
CIVILIAN-BASED DEFENSE is an alternative policy which uses nonmilitary forms of struggle, either as a supplement to military means, or as a full alternative to them to deter and defend a society against attacks...
The term "civilian-based defense" indicates defense by civilians (...
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
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...
