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Making the Abolition of War a Realistic Goal

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Making the Abolition of War a Realistic Goal

This popular essay, first published in 1980, provides a brief introduction to civilian-based defense, a policy in which civilians are prepared to use nonviolent resistance as a means of national defense. This essay won the Ira D. and Miriam G. Wallach Awards Competition 1979-1980.

Gene Sharp

Appears in Midwest Newsletter, World Without War Issues Center, November 1980
ISBN: 1-880813-03-3

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