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A force more powerful : a century of non-violent conflict

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 Chileandictator - and also how nonviolent power is changing the world today, from Burma to Serbia
Print Book, English, 2001
Palgrave, Basingstoke, 2001
560 pages ; 22 cm
9780312228644, 9780312240509, 0312228643, 0312240503
82082000
PART I: MOVEMENT TO POWER Russia, 1905: The People Strike India: Movement for Self-Rule Poland: Power from Solidarity PART II: RESISTANCE TO TERROR The Ruhrkampf, 1923: Resisting Invaders Denmark, the Netherlands, the Rosenstrasse: Resisting the Nazis El Salvador, 1944: Removing the General Argentina and Chile: Resisting Repression PART III: CAMPAIGNS FOR RIGHTS The American South: Campaign for Civil Rights South Africa: Campaign against Apartheid The Philippines: Restoring Democracy The Intifada: Campaign for a Homeland China, Eastern Europe, Mongolia: The Democratic Tide PART IV: VIOLENCE AND POWER The Mythology of Violence The New World of Power Victory without Violence