CIAO DATE: 02/2005
January 2005
Columbia International Affairs Online
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
Facing Acute Conflicts
Tapping the Roots of Power
An Active Technique of Struggle
The Methods of Nonviolent Action
Part Two: Improvised Nonviolent Struggles in the Twentieth Century
Introduction to the Cases
The Russian Revolution of 1905
Defense Against a Military Coup, Germany—1920
Indian Independence Campaign—1930-1931
Muslim Pashtun Movement of the North-West Frontier of India—1930-1934
Dr. Mohammad RaqibNorwegian Teachers Fight Fascism—1942
Saving Jewish Husbands from Extermination, Berlin—1943
Dr. Nathan StoltzfusOusting a Guatemelan Dictator
Ending Bus Segregation in Montgomery, Alabama—1955-1956
Joshua PaulsonFrench Defense against an Army Coup—1961
California Grape Workers' Strike and Boycott—1965-1970
Hardy MerrimanCzech and Slovak Defiance of Invasion—1968
African Laborers Strike, Namibia—1971-1972
Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, Argentina—1977-1983
Joshua PaulsonPoland's Self-Liberation
Joshua PaulsonSchool Boycotts in South Africa—1984-1987
Joshua PaulsonPeople Power against the Phillipine Dictator—1986
Joshua PaulsonBurmese Defy the Military Dictators—1988-1990
Joshua PaulsonUprising and Repression in China—1989
Joshua PaulsonThe Liberation of Czechoslovakia—1989
Joshua PaulsonLatvians Restore Independence—1991
Blocking the Soviet Hard-Line Coup—1991
Joshua PaulsonDefending Democracy in Thailand—1992
Christopher A. MillerRemoving the Dictator in Servia—1996-2000
Joshua PaulsonAssessing These Diverse Cases
Part Three: The Politics of Nonviolent Struggle
Introduction to the Dynamics
Laying the Groundwork for Nonviolent Action
Challenge Brings Repression
Solidarity and Discipline to Fight Repression
Noncooperation and Political Ju-Jitsu
Four Ways Success May Be Achieved
The Redistribution of Power
Part Four: Shaping the Future
Introduction to Strategic Planning
Making Nonviolent Struggle More Effective
First Steps in Strategic Planning
Some Strategic Guidelines
Conducting the Struggle
Applications of Nonviolent Struggle in the Modern World
Appendices
Appendix A
Preparing a Strategic Estimate for Nonviolent Struggle
Robert HelveyAppendix B
Glossary
Appendix C
Preparing Translations on Nonviolent Struggle
Appendix D
Sources for Further Reading
Index
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