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Training Manual for Nonviolent Defense Against the Coup d’État

Richard K. Taylor Introduction by Hardy Merriman

Nonviolence International, 2011

You may also be interested in:

• The Anti-Coup (manual)

• Civil Resistance Against Coups: A Comparative and Historical Perspective (ICNC Monograph)

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  • Spanish

Description

The purpose of this manual is to help trainers run well-designed workshops to prepare citizens in effective nonviolent methods for defending their governments and their institutions against coup d’états.

The phrase “coup d’état” is from the French, “blow against the state.” It refers to the sudden, forcible overthrow of a government by a group plotting against it. Governments have been shaken or forcibly brought down since time immemorial. Our era is no exception.

The good news is that powerful nonviolent means of resisting coups are available. In significant instances, supporters of democracy have used nonviolent methods effectively to resist attempted take-overs by usurpers. This manual attempts to learn from this important experience and pass it on to others.

  • Table of Contents
  • Excerpts

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Updated Introduction by Hardy Merriman

Original Introduction Session by Richard K. Taylor

I: The Purpose and Importance of Training
II: Understanding the Coup d’état
III: Defeating Coups through Nonviolent Struggle
IV: Historical Examples of Successful Nonviolent Resistance to Coups
V: Developing Strategies to Defeat Coups
VI: Developing Tactics to Defeat Coups
VII: Nonviolence Training Exercises for Sectors
VIII: Planning Next Steps

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Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Updated Introduction by Hardy Merriman

Original Introduction Session by Richard K. Taylor

I: The Purpose and Importance of Training
II: Understanding the Coup d’état
III: Defeating Coups through Nonviolent Struggle
IV: Historical Examples of Successful Nonviolent Resistance to Coups
V: Developing Strategies to Defeat Coups
VI: Developing Tactics to Defeat Coups
VII: Nonviolence Training Exercises for Sectors
VIII: Planning Next Steps

Excerpts

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