A force more powerful : a century of nonviolent conflict

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Author:

Ackerman, Peter.

ISBN:

9780312228644

9780312240509

Personal Author:

Ackerman, Peter.

Edition:

1st Palgrave paperback ed.

Publication Information:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2001, 2000.

Physical Description:

xv, 544 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Russia, 1905 : the people strike -- India : movement for self-rule -- Poland : power from solidarity -- The Ruhrkampf, 1923 : resisting invaders -- Denmark, the Netherlands, the Rosenstrasse : resisting the Nazis -- El Salvador, 1944 : removing the General -- Argentina and Chile : resisting repression -- The American South : campaign for civil rights -- South Africa : campaign against apartheid -- the Philippines : restoring democracy -- The intifada : campaign for ahomeland -- China, Eastern Europe, Mongolia : the democratic tide -- The mythology of violence -- The new world of power -- Victory without violence.

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In this volume, Peter Ackerman, an authority on non-violent strategy, and Jack DuVall, a veteran writer, show how popular movements used non-violent action to overthrow dictators, obstruct military invaders and secure human rights in country after country, over the past century. A cavalcade of far-flung locations and history-changing crises, the book depicts how non-violent sanctions such as protests, strikes and boycotts separate brutal regimes from their means of control. It tells inside stories - how Danes out-manoeuvered the Nazis, Solidarity defeated Polish communism, and mass action removed a Chilean dictator. It also shows how non-violent power is changing the world today, from Burma to Serbia. Covering characters such as Leo Tolstoy and Mohandas Gandhi, Lech Walesa and the mothers of the disappeared in Argentina, the book is a companion to a feature-length documentary showing at film festivals worldwide.