Waging Nonviolent Struggle: 20th Century Practice and 21st Century Potential"Instructs how to strategically plan nonviolent action, a technique of waging conflict that uses protest, noncooperation and intervention. Draws parallels between nonviolent and military strategy. Documents twenty-three cases showing how nonviolent action has been applied to conflicts throughout the world in the twentieth century"--Provided by publisher. |
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A must-read for scholars and activists by the master strategist himself. This volume contains a summary of Gene Sharp's ground-breaking work on nonviolent civil resistance that constituted the core writings for a majority of the social change strategists and movements of the 20th century, into the 21st and beyond.
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User Review - Chris - GoodreadsA must read for all activists. This is the 21st century's "Art Of War". More crucial a strategy than guerilla warfare in matters of national localized conflict Read full review
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| Title | Waging Nonviolent Struggle: 20th Century Practice and 21st Century Potential Extending horizons books |
| Author | Gene Sharp |
| Contributor | Joshua Paulson |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Extending Horizons Books, 2005 |
| ISBN | 0875581625, 9780875581620 |
| Length | 598 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Military / Strategy Political Science / Peace Social Science / Sociology / General |
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