Waging nonviolent struggle : 20th century practice and 21st century potential
"Instructs how to strategically plan nonviolent action, a technique of waging conflict that uses protest, noncooperation and intervention. Draws parallels between nonviolent and military strategy. Documents twenty-three cases showing how nonviolent action has been applied to conflicts throughout the world in the twentieth century"--Provided by publisher
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Author's preface : Learning from a century of nonviolent struggles
pt. 1: Empowerment by capacity to struggle. Facing acute conflicts
Tapping the roots of power
An active technique of struggle
The methods of nonviolent action
pt. 2: 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
The Muslim Pashtun movement of the North-West Frontier of India, 1930-1934 / Mohammad Raqib
Norwegian teachers fight fascism, 1942
Saving Jewish husbands from extermination, Berlin, 1943 / Nathan Stoltzfus
Ousting a Guatemalan dictator, 1944
Ending bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, 1955-1956 / Joshua Paulson
French defense against an army coup, 1961
California grape workers' strike and boycott, 1965-1970 / Hardy Merriman
Czech and Slovak defiance of invasion, 1968
African laborers strike, Namibia, 1971-1972
Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, Argentina, 1977-1983 ; Poland's self-liberation, 1980-1989 ; School boycotts in South Africa, 1984-1987 ; People power against the Philippine dictator, 1986 ; Burmese defy the military dictators, 1988-1990 ; Uprising and repression in China, 1989 ; The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1989 / Joshua Paulson
Latvians restore independence, 1991
Blocking the Soviet hard-line coup, 1991 / Joshua Paulson
Defending democracy in Thailand, 1992 / Christopher A. Miller
Removing the dictator in Serbia, 1996-2000 / Joshua Paulson
Assessing these diverse cases
pt. 3: The dynamics 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
pt. 4: 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
Appendix A. Preparing a strategic estimate for nonviolent struggle : based on the works of Robert Helvey
Appendix B. Glossary
Appendix C. Preparing translations on nonviolent struggle
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