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Waging Nonviolent Struggle: 20th Century Practice and 21st Century Potential |
 Gene Sharpwith the collaboration of Joshua Paulson and the assistance of Christopher A. Miller and Hardy Merriman (Boston: Extending Horizons Books, 2005) Language: English 598 pages ISBN-13: 978-0-87558-161-3 (hardcover) ISBN-10: 0-87558-161-7 (hardcover) ISBN-13: 978-0-87558-162-0 (paperback) ISBN-10: 0-87558-162-5 (paperback) DOWNLOAD EXCERPTS FROM THIS BOOK •  Chapters 1-4, 29-38, and Appendix ADESCRIPTION: This groundbreaking new work builds on 50 years of Gene Sharp’s definitive academic research and practical experience aiding nonviolent struggles around the world. Recently, advocates have applied these methods and strategies with great success in Serbia and Ukraine. In his most recent work, Dr. Sharp shows how to strategically plan nonviolent struggle and make it more effective. In Waging Nonviolent Struggle, Dr. Sharp documents 23 significant—and often successful—20th century nonviolent struggles in a range of cultural and political contexts, and reaffirms nonviolent action as a realistic and powerful alternative to both passivity and violence. Building on the power analysis of his seminal Politics of Nonviolent Action, Dr. Sharp coherently integrates his theories into praxis, with a vitality tested on the frontlines, often under extreme violence. Any serious student—or practitioner—of nonviolent struggle will find this book an invaluable resource. Skeptics will be compelled to seriously consider nonviolent action’s viability. Today’s world is in desperate need of realistic alternatives to violent conflict. Waging Nonviolent Struggle demonstrates that these alternatives exist. REVIEWS: "This book is a masterpiece. Its content is going to be very useful not only to those who study nonviolent struggle but also to those in need, nonviolent activists of pro-democratic movements in the world`s great battlefields. With Waging Nonviolent Struggle, Dr. Gene Sharp adds new page in his brilliant biography—making a huge step towards a practical approach in strategic nonviolent struggle. As a practitioner, trainer and consultant I am once again proud that I had the opportunity to learn from Gene, and transfer his precious knowledge worldwide." --Srdja Popovic, Co-founder of Serbian democracy movement Otpor "Gene Sharp is one of the most imaginative strategic thinkers of our time. His life career, devoted to the development of concepts involved in nonviolent struggle, has made enormous strides in alerting world policy makers to the possibilities and risks of the phenomena. In arenas from the U.S. Army War College to defense and foreign ministries around the world, he has persuasively lectured, argued, and explained his views. Waging Nonviolent Struggle is in many ways a capstone to his mountainous works: comprehensive, readable and rationally presented. This volume will inform the skeptical and entice those capable of thinking beyond the box. We are all the richer for its publication." --Major General Edward B. Atkeson, U.S. Army (Ret.), PhD Senior Fellow, Institute of Land Warfare Association of the U.S. Army "Waging Nonviolent Struggle is a powerful encyclopedia of major campaigns that adhere to the philosophy and discipline of nonviolence. This book should be used as a major text for those individuals, groups, and even nations that aspire to the way of nonviolence." --U.S. Congressman John Lewis "Waging Nonviolent Struggle is a must read book for policymakers and practitioners who in the aftermath of the peaceful democratic revolutions in Ukraine and Georgia are finally asking "how did it happen?" As Dr. Sharp reminds us throughout, conducting effective nonviolent struggle is not magic, it is the result of careful planning and strategic thinking. He takes us through the essential elements of nonviolent struggle and strategy, illustrated by a number of case studies—some familiar, others never analyzed before. While no struggle is the same, and there is no simple formula for success, Dr. Sharp convincingly argues that movements achieve their objectives when they are grounded in a clear-headed assessment of the existing allocation of power in a society, and a strategic, disciplined use of a set of tactics and actions that effectively shifts that power away from those who hold it towards the unarmed movement pushing for change." --Jennifer Windsor, Executive Director of Freedom House "For more than thirty years, Gene Sharp has been has been in the top rank of the world’s scholars of nonviolence—researching, investigating, cataloguing, classifying, and reflecting upon the nonviolent struggles of the twentieth century. In Waging Nonviolent Struggle he has distilled much of what he has learned, in the form of case histories, practical advice, and reflection to produce a work of the greatest value." --Jonathan Schell, Peace & Disarmament Correspondent, The Nation "... a remarkably timely book.... Sharp makes it clear that strategic nonviolence is a critical tool in the waging of today's struggles, from dismantling dictatorships and blocking coups d'état to defense against foreign aggression.... Every social activist should have a copy! To say nothing of every scholar in the fields of conflict resolution and social change. Theory and practice are well-matched." --Elise Boulding, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Dartmouth College Former Secretary General, International Peace Research Association Award Finalist, ForeWord Book of the Year Semifinalist, Independent Publisher Book Awards Read additional reviews TABLE OF CONTENTS: Author’s Preface Learning from a Century of Nonviolent Struggles Acknowledgments 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 20TH CENTURY Introduction to the Cases 5. The Russian Revolution of 1905 6. Defense against a Military Coup, Germany—1920 7. Indian Independence Campaign—1930-1931 8. The Muslim Pashtun Movement of the North-West Frontier of India—1930-1934 by Dr. Mohammad Raqib 9. Norwegian Teachers Fight Fascism—1942 10. Saving Jewish Husbands in Berlin—1943 by Dr. Nathan Stoltzfus 11. Ousting a Guatemalan Dictator—1944 12. Ending Bus Segregation in Montgomery—1955-1956 by Joshua Paulson 13. French Defense against an Army Coup—1961 14. California Grape Workers’ Strike and Boycott—1965-1970 by Hardy Merriman 15. Czech and Slovak Defiance of Invasion—1968-1969 16. African Laborers Strike, Namibia—1971-1972 17. Mothers of the Plaza De Mayo, Argentina—1977-1983 by Joshua Paulson 18. Poland’s Self-Liberation—1980-1989 by Joshua Paulson 19. School Boycotts in South Africa—1984-1987 by Joshua Paulson 20. People Power against the Philippine Dictator—1986 by Joshua Paulson 21. Burmese Defy the Military Dictators—1988-1990 by Joshua Paulson 22. Uprising and Repression in China—1989 by Joshua Paulson 23. The Liberation of Czechoslovakia—1989 by Joshua Paulson 24. Latvians Restore Independence—1991 25. Blocking the Soviet Hard-Line Coup—1991 by Joshua Paulson 26. Defending Democracy in Thailand—1992 by Christopher A. Miller 27. Removing the Dictator in Serbia—1996-2000 by Joshua Paulson 28 Assessing These Diverse Cases PART THREE: THE DYNAMICS OF NONVIOLENT STRUGGLE Introduction to the Dynamics 29. Laying the Groundwork for Nonviolent Action 30. Challenge Brings Repression 31. Solidarity and Discipline to Fight Repression 32. Noncooperation and Political Ju-Jitsu 33. Four Ways Success May Be Achieved 34. The Redistribution of Power PART FOUR: SHAPING THE FUTURE Introduction to Strategic Planning 35. Making Nonviolent Struggle More Effective 36. First Steps in Strategic Planning 37. Some Strategic Guidelines 38. Conducting the Struggle 39. Applications of Nonviolent Struggle in the Modern World APPENDICES Appendix A Preparing a Strategic Estimate For Nonviolent Struggle Appendix B Glossary Appendix C Preparing Translations on Nonviolent Struggle Appendix D Sources for Further Reading |
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