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Waging Nonviolent Struggle: 20th Century Practice and 21st Century Potential

Gene Sharp

January 2005

Columbia International Affairs Online

Abstract

Waging Nonviolent Struggle: 20th Century Practice and 21st Century Potential

Gene Sharp

Extending Horizon Books

January 2005

 

Table of Contents

Author's Preface

Learning from a Century of Nonviolent Struggles

Part One: Empowerment by Capacity to Struggle

  1. Facing Acute Conflicts

  2. Tapping the Roots of Power

  3. An Active Technique of Struggle

  4. The Methods of Nonviolent Action

Part Two: Improvised Nonviolent Struggles in the Twentieth Century

Introduction to the Cases

  1. The Russian Revolution of 1905

  2. Defense Against a Military Coup, Germany—1920

  3. Indian Independence Campaign—1930-1931

  4. Muslim Pashtun Movement of the North-West Frontier of India—1930-1934
    Dr. Mohammad Raqib

  5. Norwegian Teachers Fight Fascism—1942

  6. Saving Jewish Husbands from Extermination, Berlin—1943
    Dr. Nathan Stoltzfus

  7. Ousting a Guatemelan Dictator

  8. Ending Bus Segregation in Montgomery, Alabama—1955-1956
    Joshua Paulson

  9. French Defense against an Army Coup—1961

  10. California Grape Workers' Strike and Boycott—1965-1970
    Hardy Merriman

  11. Czech and Slovak Defiance of Invasion—1968

  12. African Laborers Strike, Namibia—1971-1972

  13. Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, Argentina—1977-1983
    Joshua Paulson

  14. Poland's Self-Liberation
    Joshua Paulson

  15. School Boycotts in South Africa—1984-1987
    Joshua Paulson

  16. People Power against the Phillipine Dictator—1986
    Joshua Paulson

  17. Burmese Defy the Military Dictators—1988-1990
    Joshua Paulson

  18. Uprising and Repression in China—1989
    Joshua Paulson

  19. The Liberation of Czechoslovakia—1989
    Joshua Paulson

  20. Latvians Restore Independence—1991

  21. Blocking the Soviet Hard-Line Coup—1991
    Joshua Paulson

  22. Defending Democracy in Thailand—1992
    Christopher A. Miller

  23. Removing the Dictator in Servia—1996-2000
    Joshua Paulson

  24. Assessing These Diverse Cases

Part Three: The Politics of Nonviolent Struggle

Introduction to the Dynamics

  1. Laying the Groundwork for Nonviolent Action

  2. Challenge Brings Repression

  3. Solidarity and Discipline to Fight Repression

  4. Noncooperation and Political Ju-Jitsu

  5. Four Ways Success May Be Achieved

  6. The Redistribution of Power

Part Four: Shaping the Future

Introduction to Strategic Planning

  1. Making Nonviolent Struggle More Effective

  2. First Steps in Strategic Planning

  3. Some Strategic Guidelines

  4. Conducting the Struggle

  5. Applications of Nonviolent Struggle in the Modern World

Appendices

Appendix A

Preparing a Strategic Estimate for Nonviolent Struggle
Robert Helvey

Appendix B

Glossary

Appendix C

Preparing Translations on Nonviolent Struggle

Appendix D

Sources for Further Reading

Index