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| A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict | Report Error | | Author: Peter Ackerman, Jack Duvall | | Publication Date: October 2001 | | Publisher: St. Martins Press | | Description: 'This nationally-acclaimed book shows how popular movements used nonviolent action to overthrow dictators, obstruct military invaders and secure human rights in country after country, over the past century. Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVall depict how nonviolent sanctions-such as protests, strikes and boycotts-separate brutal regimes from their means of control. They tell inside stories-how Danes outmaneuvered the Nazis, Solidarity defeated Polish communism, and mass action removed a Chilean dictator-and also how nonviolent power is changing the world today, from Burma to Serbia.' | | http://www.amazon.com/exec/obid | Date Added: 11/15/2003 |
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| Challenge to Nonviolence | Report Error | | Author: Michael Randle (ed) | | Publication Date: 2002 | | Publisher: Bradford University Press | | Description: 'Over a period of six years, from 1994-1999, the Nonviolent Action Research Project brought together activists, journalists and academics - and some who were two or three of these things at once - to reflect on issues in international politics and, in particular, on nonviolence and its relevance to the modern world. This book assembles a selection of the presentations, and the subsequent discussions which raise issues of enduring concern. The result is a stimulating and provocative book which is essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary politics and the role nonviolence might play in shaping them in the future.' | | http://www.amazon.com/exec/obid | Date Added: 10/11/2003 |
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| Conquest of Violence: The Gandhian Philosophy of Conflict | Report Error | | Author: Joan Valerie Bondurant, Margaret W. Fisher (Editor) | | Publication Date: June 1979 | | Publisher: University of California Press | | Description: ''If I were asked to recommend two books to introduce the American reader to Gandhi's political thought and activity, I would suggest his Autobiography and Conquest of Violence.' --D. Mackenzie Brown, Journal of Asian Studies 'Conquest of Violence has two merits: first, it gives us the clearest and most powerful statement to date of the central ideas in Gandhi's political thought; second, it forces us to consider these ideas not as a historical or cultural curiosity but as a challenge to the main body of Western political philosophy.' --W. H. Morris-Jones, Pacific Affairs When Mahatma Gandhi died in 1948 by an assassin's bullet, the most potent legacy he left to the world was the technique of satyagraha (literally, holding on to the Truth). His 'experiments with Truth' were far from complete at the time of his death, but he had developed a new technique for effecting social and political change through the constructive conduct of conflict: Gandhian satyagraha had become eminently more than 'passive resistance' or 'civil disobedience.' By relating what Gandhi said to what he did and by examining instances of satyagraha led by others, this book abstracts from the Indian experiments those essential elements that constitute the Gandhian technique. It explores, in terms familiar to the Western reader, its distinguishing characteristics and its far-reaching implications for social and political philosophy.' | | http://www.amazon.com/exec/obid | Date Added: 11/17/2003 |
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| Nonviolence in Theory and Practice | Report Error | | Author: Robert L. Holmes (Compiler) | | Publication Date: June 1990 | | Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing | | Description: 'This valuable collection of thirty-two readings--representing some of the most thoughtful attempts to explain what nonviolence is and to show how it is implemented--promotes critical thinking about what constitutes the success or failure of both violence and nonviolence. Through his arrangement of the works, Holmes has been mindful of readers who are relatively new to the philosophy of nonviolence. He begins with the origins of nonviolence; he then presents the perspectives of three principal philosophers; considers women and nonviolence, pacifism, and pragmatic nonviolence; and concludes with examples of the practice of nonviolence. Readers will discover the depth and multidimensionality of nonviolence--it can be passive resistance or nonviolent direct action; the commitment to nonviolence can be qualified or unqualified; it can be viewed as a tactic or a way of life. The knowledge gleaned from the highly regarded perspectives in this collection enables us to achieve meaningful objectives, whether they are focused on a personal level or on a broader initiative.' | | http://www.amazon.com/exec/obid | Date Added: 11/15/2003 |
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| Strategic Nonviolent Conflict: The Dynamics of People Power in the Twentieth Century | Report Error | | Author: Peter Ackerman (Author), Christopher Kruegler (Author) | | Publication Date: December 1993 | | Publisher: Praeger Publishers | | Description: 'Nonviolent action, well planned and implemented, is shown in this lucid, timely, and compelling work to effect dramatic outcomes against opponents utilizing violence. Ackerman and Kruegler recognize that not all nonviolent efforts meet with success and they are careful to stress that a nonviolent approach involves great risks as well as opportunities. It is the effectiveness of the strategies employed which will determine whether those using nonviolent means can prevail against opponents who rely on violence in pursuit of objectives. Twelve principles of strategic nonviolence are established in this book--they serve as a conceptual foundation and enhance the prospects of success in nonviolent campaigns of resistance.' | | http://www.amazon.com/exec/obid | Date Added: 11/15/2003 |
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| The Power of Nonviolence: Writings by Advocates of Peace | Report Error | | Author: Howard Zinn (Author) | | Publication Date: September 2002 | | Publisher: Beacon Press | | Description: 'A stirring anthology of writings about peace and nonviolence from Buddha to Arundhati Roy As you read this, America is at war. President Bush declared a 'war on terrorism' and 90 percent of the American people believed he was doing the right thing. But is there another way? From Buddha in the pre-Christian era to the most recent declaration of peace principles by Nobel laureates, nonviolence has always been an alternative.
With an introduction by Howard Zinn about September 11 and the U.S. response to the terrorist attacks, The Power of Nonviolence presents the most salient and persuasive arguments for peace in the last 2,500 years of human history. Included are some of the most original thinkers and writings about peace and nonviolence—Buddha, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau's 'Civil Disobedience,' Jane Addams, William Penn on 'the end of war,' Dorothy Day's position on 'Pacifism,' Erich Fromm, and Rajendra Prasad. Supplementing the classic voices are more recent advocates' arguments for peace: Albert Camus' 'Neither Victims Nor Executioners,' A. J. Muste's impressive 'Getting Rid of War,' Martin Luther King's influential 'Declaration of Independence from the War in Viet Nam,' and Arundhati Roy's 'War Is Peace,' plus many others.
Arranged chronologically, covering the major conflagrations of the world in the last hundred years, including the war in Afghanistan, The Power of Nonviolence is a compelling step forward in the study of pacifism, a timely anthology that fills a void for people looking for responses to crisis that are not based on guns or bombs.' | | http://www.amazon.com/exec/obid | Date Added: 11/15/2003 |
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