Making Europe Unconquerable: The Potential of Civilian-based Deterrence and Defense

Languages: Dutch, English, Italian

190 pages

ISBN-10: 0887300979 (Ballinger)

ISBN-13: 978-0887300974 (Ballinger)
ISBN-10: 0850663369 (Taylor and Francis)
ISBN-13: 978-0850663365 (Taylor and Francis)

 

DESCRIPTION: 

Making Europe Unconquerable is a provocative exploration of a new policy to meet Western Europe's security needs.  This book boldly looks beyond military technology to a deliberate refinement and use of the power of a society's population and institutions to resist attackers.

--Taken from the back cover

 

REVIEWS: 

 

A succinct statement of a novel concept of deterrence and defense.  It is balanced, readable, and thought-provoking: Gene Sharp at his best."

--Major General Edward B. Atkeson, United States Army (Ret.)

"The author's proposals... are carefully put forward in a nonpolemical manner and clearly merit sustained attention and thought."

--Foreign Affairs

"I welcome a competent American point of view on this subject, about which no European can remain indifferent."

--General C. Georges Fricaud-Chagnaud, President, Fondation pour les Etudes de Défense National, Paris

"Transarmament towards nonaggressive and less violent forms of defense on both sides in Europe could become a major contribution to European security."

--Dr. Heinz Vetschera, National Defense Academy, Vienna

"A groundbreaking study of the possibilities of non-violence that could have profound implications for the future."

--Coretta Scott King

"A modern concept addressed to the unprecedented conditions of the modern age."

--New York Review of Books

"A valuable, thought-provoking work recommended for all interested in security and survival."

--Library Journal 

 

Foreword by George F. Kennan 

Preface 

Acknowledgments 

1. Meeting Europe's Defense Needs 

2. Civilian-based Defense for Western Europe? 

3. Transarmament 

4. Preventing Attack 

5. In Face of Attack 

6. Defeating Attack 

7. Assessing the Potential 

Notes 

Bibliography 

Index